Average Mining And Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers Salary in Charleston, WV

Mining And Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers in Charleston, WV earn a median annual salary of $83,150, which is -17.7% compared to the national median. There are 50 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Charleston, WV (metro area).

$83,150

Charleston, WV median annual wage

$40/hour median

-17.7%

Difference vs national median

National median is $101,020

Local employment

0.5 jobs per 1,000 workers

11.22

Location quotient

Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th: $76,770
25th: $82,480
Median: $83,150
75th: $102,510
90th: $125,240

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 Charleston, WV, 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

88.7%

Exact metro RPP match

Median wage adjusted to the national price level

$93,725

Goods: 96.3%
Services: 91.7%
Rents: 51.4%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro	Median annual wage	Compare	Employment
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$163,490	Compare	50
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$158,760	Compare	200
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$142,520	Compare	340
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$115,270	Compare	170
Richmond, VA	$111,790	Compare	40
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$110,590	Compare	N/A

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 Charleston, WV

Occupation	Median annual wage	LQ
Nurse Anesthetists	$236,820	7.78
Physicians, All Other	$227,940	0.89
Chief Executives	$199,990	1.07
Dentists, General	$162,290	0.70
Industrial Engineers	$141,900	0.63
Architectural And Engineering Managers	$141,670	0.63
Pharmacists	$132,930	1.80
Computer And Information Systems Managers	$131,030	0.34

Charleston, WV has salary data for 341 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for Mining And Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers in Charleston, WV

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Mining And Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers are projected to change by +0.7% from 2024 to 2034, with 400 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.