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Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operator, Surface Mining Salary in Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington

The annual salary statistics of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington is shown in Table 1. The wage information of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area 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 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$41,600
25th Percentile Wage	$48,300
50th Percentile Wage	$48,510
75th Percentile Wage	$53,970
90th Percentile Wage	$79,260

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $79,260. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $48,510. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $41,600.

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.

Year	Median Salary	Growth	3-Year Growth
2022	$48,510	1.86%	2.56%
2021	$47,610	3.70%	-
2020	$45,850	-3.10%	-
2019	$47,270	-	-

Table 2. Compare Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operator, Surface Mining Salary in Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area with Other Washington Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $48,510 in Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area is in the middle of salary range for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in state of Washington. In comparison, the annual salary of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area is 19.8 percent (19.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Spokane and 4.0 percent (4.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Kennewick-Pasco-Richland.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
Spokane	$60,500
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue	$59,810
Bellingham	$57,370
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro	$54,680
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	$51,790
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	$48,510
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland	$46,550