Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operator, Surface Mining Salary in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York

The annual salary statistics of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Albany-Schenectady-Troy is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$37,950
25th Percentile Wage
$42,810
50th Percentile Wage
$48,250
75th Percentile Wage
$60,350
90th Percentile Wage
$89,270

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $89,270. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $48,250. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,950.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining from 2012 to 2022. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth3-Year Growth
2022
$48,250
-1.68% -16.89%
2021
$49,060
-3.00% -
2020
$50,530
-11.62% -
2019
$56,400
- -

Table 2. Compare Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operator, Surface Mining Salary in Albany-Schenectady-Troy with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $48,250 in Albany-Schenectady-Troy is in the middle of salary range for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Albany-Schenectady-Troy is 48.7 percent (48.7%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 20.8 percent (20.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Buffalo-Niagara Falls.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$94,090
Rochester
$53,100
Glens Falls
$51,180
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$48,250
Syracuse
$47,720
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$47,630
Utica-Rome
$47,330
Binghamton
$47,100
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$46,280
Ithaca
$44,720
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$42,340
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$38,190

See also: Top paying jobs in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York.