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Average Continuous Mining Machine Operators Salary in Wyoming

Continuous Mining Machine Operators in Wyoming earn a median annual salary of $92,620, which is +46.1% compared to the national median. There are 310 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Wyoming (state).

$92,620
Wyoming median annual wage
$45/hour median
+46.1%
Difference vs national median
National median is $63,380
310
Local employment
1.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
12.11
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$81,240
25th
$83,000
Median
$92,620
75th
$111,510
90th
$111,510

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Wyoming, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
92.7%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$99,923
Goods: 95.4%
Services: 78.4%
Rents: 71.1%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Wisconsin$93,200CompareN/A
Nevada$84,420Compare1,230
Colorado$80,140Compare290
West Virginia$75,700Compare850
Illinois$74,030Compare300
California$73,220Compare850

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Wyoming

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Financial And Investment Analysts$213,9400.35
Nurse Anesthetists$181,4700.90
Industrial Production Managers$155,6700.84
Petroleum Engineers$152,7709.48
Architectural And Engineering Managers$141,9900.54
Chief Executives$140,0000.17
Engineers, All Other$139,0100.71
Pharmacists$137,4700.87

Wyoming has salary data for 513 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Financial And Investment Analysts.

Historical series

Trend for Continuous Mining Machine Operators in Wyoming

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Continuous Mining Machine Operators are projected to change by +0.6% from 2024 to 2034, with 1,600 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.