Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
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Continuous Miner Operators
Continuous Miner Operators operate self-propelled mining machines that rip coal, metal and nonmetal ores, rock, stone, or sand from the mine face and load it onto conveyors, shuttle cars, or trucks in a continuous operation.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Continuous Mining Machine Operators with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $38,870 to $46,190 per year or $19 to $22 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Continuous Mining Machine Operators 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%) | $39 | $80,110 |
| Senior (Top 25%) | $34 | $69,830 |
| Middle (Mid 50%) | $27 | $56,920 |
| Junior (Bottom 25%) | $22 | $46,190 |
| No experience (Bottom 10%) | $19 | $38,870 |
Highest paying states
| State | Hourly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| WY | $40 | $84,210 |
| MT | $37 | $76,020 |
| MN | $33 | $68,830 |
| TN | $33 | $68,430 |
| NV | $32 | $65,800 |
| UT | $30 | $62,810 |
| CO | $30 | $62,670 |
| KY | $30 | $61,660 |
| IL | $29 | $59,870 |
| ID | $28 | $58,210 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Continuous Mining Machine Operator is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like WY doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at WY might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Continuous Miner Operators are in the states of WY, MT, MN, TN and NV.
Highest paying industries
| Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| Support Activities for Mining | $73640 | $35.40 |
| Metal Ore Mining | $60780 | $29.22 |
| Coal Mining | $58490 | $28.12 |
| Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying | $52060 | $25.03 |
| Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing | $49280 | $23.69 |
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