Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
Mine Shuttle Car Operators
Mine Shuttle Car Operators operate diesel or electric-powered shuttle car in underground mine to transport materials from working face to mine cars or conveyor.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Mine Shuttle Car Operators with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $36,750 to $46,750 per year or $18 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 Mine Shuttle Car 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%) | $36 | $75,630 |
Senior (Top 25%) | $31 | $64,010 |
Middle (Mid 50%) | $27 | $56,640 |
Junior (Bottom 25%) | $22 | $46,750 |
No experience (Bottom 10%) | $18 | $36,750 |
Highest paying states
State | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
CA | $34 | $71,170 |
WY | $34 | $70,540 |
CO | $33 | $67,940 |
WV | $28 | $58,470 |
PA | $27 | $55,540 |
KY | $26 | $54,520 |
AL | $25 | $51,910 |
IL | $24 | $49,690 |
TN | $19 | $40,530 |
NC | $19 | $38,740 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Mine Shuttle Car Operator is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like CA doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at CA might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Mine Shuttle Car Operators are in the states of CA, WY, CO, WV and PA.