Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other
State pay geography leads here: Utah, West Virginia, Nevada top the published medians for Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other, unlike peer Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers.
Same-major-group titles next to Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other: Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers ($110K) , Brickmasons and Blockmasons ($62K) , Construction and Building Inspectors ($75K) , Roof Bolters, Mining ($79K) . Hash-ordered per card so residual SOC siblings do not share an identical peer sentence.
Highest-pay states for Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other
State names lead when O*NET tasks are absent for this SOC, geography mass differs by occupation even when peer titles overlap.
- 1. Utah $67,200
- 2. West Virginia $65,610
- 3. Nevada $59,810
- 4. Pennsylvania $54,480
- 5. Montana $84,410
- 6. Virginia $61,990
- 7. Alaska $106,840
- 8. Illinois $72,800
- 9. Minnesota $83,120
Typical Entry and Preparation Assignments
Other Construction and Extraction Occupations titles
- 1. Brickmasons and Blockmasons $62,120
- 2. Construction and Building Inspectors $74,690
- 3. Roof Bolters, Mining $78,540
- 4. Terrazzo Workers and Finishers $76,170
- 5. Tapers $68,270
- 6. Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers $109,910
State pay geography leads this card: Utah holds the highest published median ($67,200) among the listed states for Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other. National median is $70,130.
Employment Projections expect -6% change between 2024 and 2034 (declining vs baseline 3.1%). About 400 annual openings are projected. BLS assigns No formal educational credential as typical education needed for entry. These are occupation-level assignments, not universal requirements. BLS does not publish a separate occupation-specific safety rate for this role; its broad SOC-group rate is excluded from this career card's grade.
Highest published state median in this ranking: Utah at $67,200. The table records differences without proving causes. Highest-pay peer shown here: Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers at $109,910. Compare the same statistic in the relevant local wage area before treating the national median as a personal benchmark; OEWS excludes employer benefits.
Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other pay-rank #9 in Construction and Extraction Occupations
Among 60 detailed Construction and Extraction Occupations with a published OEWS median, Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other is pay-rank #9, the upper third of that major group. The order is ROW_NUMBER on national median (title as tiebreak), not a worker-level percentile.
Data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Projections from BLS Employment Projections program, 2024-2034.
Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other next: salary map, states, and peers
SOC 47-5049 · national median $70,130 · upper third of Construction and Extraction Occupations (#9/60). Open the full OEWS map or a named state before treating the card median as a local ask.
Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other salary map
State, metro, and percentile for SOC 47-5049
Utah · top state for Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other
$67K published median
West Virginia · #2 state pay
$66K · behind Utah
Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers
Highest-pay peer vs Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other · $110K
Brickmasons and Blockmasons
Lower-pay peer beside Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other · $62K
Compare Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other
Head-to-head OEWS medians with another SOC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Wage and state figures use BLS OEWS May 2025; growth and education use BLS Employment Projections for 2024-2034; safety fields cite BLS CFOI/SOII; task statements cite O*NET where shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OES Occupational wage estimates by area and industry · 2025
Federal sources on this Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other card
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS / OES) - national median and percentiles for SOC 47-5049. bls.gov/oes
- O*NET OnLine - task and skill statements for Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other. onetcenter.org
- BLS Employment Projections - 2024-2034 change and openings for this occupation. bls.gov/emp
- U.S. Census Bureau ACS - demographic and labor-force context for state and metro geography. census.gov/programs-surveys/acs
- IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) - payroll-tax aggregate context for wage comparisons. irs.gov/statistics