Average Excavating And Loading Machine And Dragline Operators, Surface Mining Salary in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN

BLS tracks 30 excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN but does not publish a wage estimate for this occupation in this location. Below you'll find national context and peer states with reported wages.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN (metro area).

No annual salary published for this location. BLS does not publish an annual wage estimate for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN. This is common for occupations where most work is project-based, hourly, or on irregular schedules (actors, athletes, musicians, dancers). No wage figures were published at all for this location in the latest release.

Local employment

Workers tracked locally: 30
How common this job is here: 1.49×; More concentrated here than nationally — this metro area is unusually strong in this occupation.

Where excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining earn the most per hour

Locations where BLS did publish hourly wage data for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining this release, ranked highest to lowest.

By hourly wage

Top-paying states

New Jersey: $50.71/hr
Minnesota: $38.01/hr
Alaska: $37.83/hr
North Dakota: $36.87/hr
Wyoming: $36.62/hr
Massachusetts: $35.72/hr
California: $35.38/hr
Indiana: $32.79/hr

By hourly wage

Top-paying metros

Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA: $66.98/hr
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA: $58.56/hr
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA: $45.80/hr
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ: $45.42/hr
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH: $40.69/hr
Farmington, NM: $40.20/hr
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI: $38.38/hr
Vineland, NJ: $37.63/hr

National job outlook

BLS publishes national employment projections for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining from 2024 to 2034. These projections are national and not broken down by state.

Projected growth: -0.4%; -100 net jobs over the projection period
Annual openings: 3,100; Includes growth plus replacements
Typical entry education: High school diploma or equivalent
Work experience: Less than 5 years

Related occupations

Other jobs in the same field. Many of these follow similar hourly or project-based pay patterns.