Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operator, Surface Mining Salary in Lynchburg, Virginia

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

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$34,110
25th Percentile Wage
$36,550
50th Percentile Wage
$40,610
75th Percentile Wage
$46,820
90th Percentile Wage
$50,680

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Lynchburg, Virginia in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $50,680. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $40,610. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $34,110.

Median salary trend

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 2020. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth1-Year Growth
2020
$40,610
-15.19% -15.19%
2019
$46,780
- -

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

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $40,610 in Lynchburg is in the middle of salary range for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in state of Virginia. In comparison, the annual salary of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Lynchburg is 15.4 percent (15.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area and 4.4 percent (4.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area
$48,000
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News
$47,970
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area
$47,750
Roanoke
$47,250
Richmond
$47,060
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol
$46,560
Charlottesville
$45,120
Lynchburg
$40,610
Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area
$39,380
Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area
$38,820

See also: Top paying jobs in Lynchburg, Virginia.