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Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining earn $74,500 a year at the midpoint

Pay is unusually even: nine in ten people earn between $52,030 and $87,730, around a midpoint of $74,500.

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$74,500median a year · United States
$35.82an hour $71,240average 5,930people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$61,41025th $74,500median $79,15075th
$52,03010th percentile $87,73090th percentile
$61,410a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$112,110best-paying state · Wyoming
$44,760lowest-paying state · Oklahoma
+50%top state against the national median
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  • 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 $112,110 in Wyoming and $44,760 in Oklahoma — a gap of $67,350 a year.

Underground mining loading and moving machine operator earnings, from starting pay up to the top 10%

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Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining$74,500
Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other$70,130−$4,370 Continuous Mining Machine Operators$61,810−$12,690 Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas$58,620−$15,880 Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas$58,160−$16,340 Rock Splitters, Quarry$48,740−$25,760 Roustabouts, Oil and Gas$46,960−$27,540

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  • Handled high voltage sources and hung electrical cables.
  • Drove loaded shuttle cars to ramps and move controls to discharge loads into mine cars or onto conveyors.
  • Pried off loose material from roofs and moved it into the paths of machines, using crowbars.

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Place 261 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 67% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 259 Construction and Building Inspectors $74,690
  2. 260 Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians $74,510
  3. 261 Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining $74,500
  4. 262 First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers $74,450
  5. 263 Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door $74,340

Underground mining loading and moving machine operator wages by state

The 18 states where the most people do this work, of 20 with a published figure: their medians range by 2.50 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
Wyoming $112,110 $106,590 $106,590 — $120,400 30
Alaska $93,130 $74,460 $74,460 — $117,340 50
Nevada $82,920 $68,060 $68,060 — $91,880 880
Colorado $79,150 $68,470 $68,470 — $81,070 70
Virginia $76,900 $66,210 $66,210 — $93,120 190
Illinois $75,890 $65,630 $65,630 — $87,210 90
West Virginia $74,950 $64,120 $64,120 — $81,100 1,250
Arizona $72,430 $57,850 $57,850 — $79,260 100
Ohio $71,380 $41,100 $41,100 — $97,280 130
New York $60,890 $47,030 $47,030 — $61,300 140
Alabama $60,020 $50,720 $50,720 — $60,240 510
Michigan $59,310 $47,260 $47,260 — $70,920 80
Missouri $52,040 $39,160 $39,160 — $58,120 100
Georgia $50,380 $37,760 $37,760 — $64,210 100
Louisiana $48,670 $36,930 $36,930 — $72,360 110
Iowa $48,490 $46,560 $46,560 — $59,260 100
Texas $47,310 $40,220 $40,220 — $80,720 70
Oklahoma $44,760 $33,440 $33,440 — $73,160 70

Underground mining loading and moving machine operator pay rate, hourly to annual

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$74,506a year

Questions people ask most

What is an underground mining loading and moving machine operator’s yearly income?

An underground mining loading and moving machine operator makes a median of $74,500 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $61,410 and $79,150.

What is an underground mining loading and moving machine operator’s hourly pay rate?

The median pay rate is $35.82 an hour; the average is $71,240 a year.

What is the starting pay for an underground mining loading and moving machine operator?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $61,410 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $52,030.

Which state pays loading and moving machine operators, underground mining the most?

Wyoming, with a median of $112,110 a year.

How many people work as loading and moving machine operators, underground mining?

About 5,930 in the United States — number 261 of 788 occupations by median pay.

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Median pay within $190 of what loading and moving machine operators, underground mining earn — $74,500 a year — but not always the same spread.

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