How Much Do Earth Drillers Make in 2021 (including Starting Salary)

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Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries

Earth Drillers

Earth Drillers operate a variety of drills such as rotary, churn, and pneumatic to tap sub-surface water and salt deposits, to remove core samples during mineral exploration or soil testing, and to facilitate the use of explosives in mining or construction. May use explosives. Includes horizontal and earth boring machine operators.

Salary
$51040
Becoming One
Easy
Education
No degree required
Job Satisfaction
Low
Job Growth

Personality
Interest Match



Table of contents
  1. Average salary
  2. Starting salary
  3. Salary rank
  4. Salary range
  5. Highest paying states
  6. Highest paying industries

Average salary

Annual salary
$51040 per year
Hourly wage
$25 per hour

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$33,440 to $39,690 per year
Entry-level hourly wage
$16 to $19 per hour

Entry-level Earth Drillers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $33,440 to $39,690 per year or $16 to $19 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.

Salary rank

Salary rank
C

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Earth Drillers to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.

Salary range

Level Hourly Annual
Highest (Top 10%) $35 $73,650
Senior (Top 25%) $29 $60,190
Middle (Mid 50%) $23 $48,510
Junior (Bottom 25%) $19 $39,690
No experience (Bottom 10%) $16 $33,440

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
LA $34 $70,990
AK $30 $62,650
WY $30 $62,000
NY $29 $60,070
WA $29 $59,490
MA $28 $58,790
IL $28 $58,030
NJ $28 $57,550
NM $28 $57,310
AZ $27 $56,190

Another simple way to increase your salary as an Earth Driller is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like LA doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at LA might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Earth Drillers are in the states of LA, AK, WY, NY and WA.

Highest paying industries

Salary by industry Annual Hourly
Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance $62560 $30.08
Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction $61750 $29.69
Coal Mining $60650 $29.16
Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors $59230 $28.48
Facilities Support Services $59100 $28.41
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing $57650 $27.72
Chemical Manufacturing $57550 $27.67
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods $56950 $27.38
State Government $56100 $26.97
Support Activities for Mining $54170 $26.04
Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying $53540 $25.74
Metal Ore Mining $53340 $25.65
Management of Companies and Enterprises $53270 $25.61
Nonresidential Building Construction $53070 $25.51
Other Specialty Trade Contractors $52240 $25.11
Rental and Leasing Services $52000 $25.00
Remediation and Other Waste Management Services $51950 $24.98
Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction $50470 $24.27
Federal Executive Branch $50070 $24.07
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services $49770 $23.93
Local Government $49040 $23.58
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services $48750 $23.44
Utility System Construction $48270 $23.21
Water, Sewage and Other Systems $46100 $22.16
Building Equipment Contractors $45330 $21.79
Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers $35360 $17.00
Scientific Research and Development Services $ $*

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