Highest-Paying States for Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining
Ranked purely by BLS median annual wage — this does not account for cost of living or job availability. See best states for a balanced ranking.
- 1North Dakota$90,380
- 2Illinois$80,600
- 3New Jersey$80,310
- 4Wyoming$78,230
- 5New Mexico$76,350
- 6Massachusetts$76,070
- 7Alaska$74,680
- 8California$74,500
- 9Montana$65,850
- 10Connecticut$65,710
- 11Washington$64,270
- 12Nevada$63,810
- 13Indiana$61,910
- 14West Virginia$61,330
- 15Oregon$61,280