Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operator, Surface Mining Salary in Midland, Texas

The annual salary statistics of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Midland, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Midland 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 Midland, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$39,170
25th Percentile Wage
$39,710
50th Percentile Wage
$46,970
75th Percentile Wage
$47,470
90th Percentile Wage
$54,330

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Midland, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $54,330. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $46,970. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $39,170.

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
$46,970
6.49% 11.86%
2021
$43,920
0.11% -
2020
$43,870
5.63% -
2019
$41,400
- -

Table 2. Compare Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operator, Surface Mining Salary in Midland with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $46,970 in Midland is in the middle of salary range for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Midland is 21.6 percent (21.6%) lower than that in the highest paying College Station-Bryan and 38.6 percent (38.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Brownsville-Harlingen.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
College Station-Bryan
$59,910
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$47,160
Midland
$46,970
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$46,040
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$45,890
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$45,670
Odessa
$44,610
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$44,460
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$44,240
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$43,450
Waco
$40,010
Sherman-Denison
$39,790
Lubbock
$39,540
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$39,250
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$38,820
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$38,770
Longview
$38,490
El Paso
$38,460
Amarillo
$38,310
Abilene
$38,180
Texarkana-Texarkana
$37,790
San Angelo
$37,670
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$37,040
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$36,690
Tyler
$36,170
Victoria
$35,630
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$34,860
Brownsville-Harlingen
$28,850

See also: Top paying jobs in Midland, Texas.