Career Atlas USA

Best States for Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining

Ranked by the Career Atlas Opportunity Score, not raw pay — a high-paying state with few jobs or a high cost of living can rank below a more balanced one.

  1. 1Wyoming90.4 / 100
  2. 2West Virginia85.5 / 100
  3. 3Indiana82.7 / 100
  4. 4North Dakota80 / 100
  5. 5Nevada75.1 / 100
  6. 6Iowa74.4 / 100
  7. 7Alaska72.1 / 100
  8. 8New Mexico71.1 / 100
  9. 9Illinois69.1 / 100
  10. 10Wisconsin66.7 / 100
  11. 11Vermont65.1 / 100
  12. 12Montana64.2 / 100
  13. 13Nebraska63.1 / 100
  14. 14Oklahoma60.3 / 100
  15. 15New Hampshire59.8 / 100

Also see highest-paying states (ranked by salary alone).