Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operator, Surface Mining salary
57,430 USD
Median annual wage · 2025 · BLS · 47-5022
Half of all excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in the United States earn more than 57,430 USD a year, half earn less.
Rank by pay466of 825 occupations
Spread, quartile to quartile1.37×47,890 USD – 65,730 USD
| Measure | All |
|---|---|
| Lower quartile | 47,890 USD |
| Median | 57,430 USD |
| Mean | 59,930 USD |
| Upper quartile | 65,730 USD |
About the figure
Occupation code 47-5022 in SOC 2018, the US occupation classification. Covers wage and salary workers, excluding the self-employed. Published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, not estimated by us. The figure is an annual wage, not a monthly one.
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Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS. Figures are for 2025; snapshot taken 2026-08-15. www.bls.gov