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Continuous Mining Machine Operators earn $61,810 a year at the midpoint

From about $46,770 at the low end to $86,210 at the top, with $61,810 in the middle — the 2025 survey, published as reported.

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$61,810median a year · United States
$29.72an hour $65,050average 14,000people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$51,61025th $61,810median $77,57075th
$46,77010th percentile $86,21090th percentile
$51,610a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$90,820best-paying state · Minnesota
$46,450lowest-paying state · New York
+47%top state against the national median
  • Read the spread, not the middle. The median is the midpoint across everyone in the occupation, most of them years into the work. A beginner starts nearer the 10th to 25th percentile, which is why the spread is published alongside it.
  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
  • Where you live moves it more than your resume does. National figures. A state or metro area can sit far from the national number, and that gap is usually larger than any difference a resume makes.
  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

State matters a lotThe same job pays $90,820 in Minnesota and $46,450 in New York — a gap of $44,370 a year.

Continuous mining machine operator earnings, from starting pay to the top 10%

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Number 380 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 52% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 378 Recreational Therapists $61,960
  2. 379 Computer user support specialists $61,860
  3. 380 Continuous Mining Machine Operators $61,810
  4. 381 Sheet Metal Workers $61,800
  5. 382 Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists $61,770

Continuous mining machine operator wages by state

The 21 states where the most people do this work, of 27 with a published figure: their medians range by 1.93 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
Minnesota $90,820 $59,640 $59,640 — $102,850 420
Nevada $85,590 $69,680 $69,680 — $91,210 1,110
Wyoming $85,260 $60,520 $60,520 — $114,540 330
Colorado $81,110 $73,130 $73,130 — $81,110 290
West Virginia $77,570 $59,840 $59,840 — $90,690 720
Illinois $74,830 $47,490 $47,490 — $79,280 230
Virginia $63,480 $48,860 $48,860 — $79,270 230
California $62,790 $56,340 $56,340 — $82,250 940
Florida $62,580 $40,540 $40,540 — $67,340 230
Arizona $60,880 $49,180 $49,180 — $78,660 2,850
Pennsylvania $60,780 $49,360 $49,360 — $63,200 510
Utah $59,420 $49,280 $49,280 — $77,580 890
Alabama $59,360 $56,820 $56,820 — $62,140 340
North Carolina $59,030 $55,790 $55,790 — $61,480 230
Ohio $58,030 $46,800 $46,800 — $76,370 260
Michigan $57,760 $49,080 $49,080 — $79,110 180
Kentucky $50,020 $48,950 $48,950 — $68,260 390
Texas $48,950 $24,020 $24,020 — $63,470 390
New Mexico $48,900 $38,630 $38,630 — $61,850 470
Missouri $47,280 $36,310 $36,310 — $75,000 920
Oklahoma $46,980 $39,520 $39,520 — $57,480 310

Neighbouring work, and what it pays

Occupations in the same group of the federal classification — the usual next steps, or the ones beside this one.

Continuous Mining Machine Operators$61,810
Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other$70,130+$8,320 Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas$58,620−$3,190 Rock Splitters, Quarry$48,740−$13,070 Roustabouts, Oil and Gas$46,960−$14,850

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  • Hung ventilation tubing and ventilation curtains to ensure that the mining face area is kept properly ventilated.
  • Conducted methane gas checks to ensure breathing quality of air.
  • Checked the stability of roof and rib support systems before mining face areas.

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What is a continuous mining machine operator’s yearly income?

A continuous mining machine operator makes a median of $61,810 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $51,610 and $77,570.

What is a continuous mining machine operator’s hourly pay rate?

The median pay rate is $29.72 an hour; the average is $65,050 a year.

What is the starting pay for a continuous mining machine operator?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $51,610 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $46,770.

Which state pays continuous mining machine operators the most?

Minnesota, with a median of $90,820 a year.

How many people work as continuous mining machine operators?

About 14,000 in the United States — number 380 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Work that pays roughly the same

Median pay within $50 of what continuous mining machine operators earn — $61,810 a year — but not always the same spread.

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