Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
Mining Roof Bolters
Mining Roof Bolters operate machinery to install roof support bolts in underground mine.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Mining Roof Bolters with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $45,250 to $54,220 per year or $22 to $26 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 Mining Roof Bolters 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 |
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Highest (Top 10%) | $39 | $80,580 |
Senior (Top 25%) | $34 | $70,330 |
Middle (Mid 50%) | $29 | $61,190 |
Junior (Bottom 25%) | $26 | $54,220 |
No experience (Bottom 10%) | $22 | $45,250 |
Highest paying states
State | Hourly | Annual |
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WY | $44 | $91,930 |
CO | $33 | $68,520 |
WV | $31 | $64,450 |
UT | $30 | $62,710 |
VA | $30 | $61,420 |
IL | $29 | $60,630 |
KY | $26 | $53,710 |
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Another simple way to increase your salary as a Mining Roof Bolter 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 Mining Roof Bolters are in the states of WY, CO, WV, UT and VA.
Highest paying industries
Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
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Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying | $72800 | $35.00 |
Coal Mining | $61360 | $29.50 |