Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining · SOC 47-5022
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining Salary in the Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining in the Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $58,100 per year ($27.93 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $41,600 at the 10th percentile to $104,940 at the 90th. BLS estimates 110 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining in the Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area earn more than $58,100 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $51,640 and $61,180.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $41,600 | $51,640 | $58,100 | $61,180 | $104,940 |
| Hourly | $20.00 | $24.83 | $27.93 | $29.41 | $50.45 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$58,100 median for Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $51,640 to $61,180
- Indianastate$61,910 median for Indiana; middle half earns $56,600 to $70,050
- United Statesnational$57,430 median for United States; middle half earns $47,890 to $65,730
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −6% vs Indiana overall and +1% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Indiana
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Central Indiana nonmetropolitan areathis page$58,100 median for Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $51,640 to $61,180
- $65,290 median for Lafayette metro area; middle half earns $51,740 to $67,980
- $61,330 median for Indianapolis metro area; middle half earns $57,840 to $90,350
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface minings · Highest-paying occupations in Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.