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

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

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$30,420
25th Percentile Wage
$36,080
50th Percentile Wage
$44,610
75th Percentile Wage
$51,740
90th Percentile Wage
$71,670

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Odessa, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $71,670. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $44,610. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,420.

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

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $44,610 in Odessa 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 Odessa is 25.5 percent (25.5%) lower than that in the highest paying College Station-Bryan and 35.3 percent (35.3%) 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 Odessa, Texas.