Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining · SOC 47-5022
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining Salary in the Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southside Virginia 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 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $62,650 per year ($30.12 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $45,870 at the 10th percentile to $66,430 at the 90th. BLS estimates 60 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining in the Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area earn more than $62,650 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $48,330 and $63,720.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $45,870 | $48,330 | $62,650 | $63,720 | $66,430 |
| Hourly | $22.05 | $23.23 | $30.12 | $30.63 | $31.94 |
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
- Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$62,650 median for Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $48,330 to $63,720
- Virginiastate$59,480 median for Virginia; middle half earns $48,590 to $66,860
- 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 +5% vs Virginia overall and +9% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Virginia
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.
- Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan areathis page$62,650 median for Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $48,330 to $63,720
- $58,710 median for Richmond metro area; middle half earns $47,380 to $68,770
- $53,420 median for Virginia Beach metro area; middle half earns $47,960 to $65,850
- $46,610 median for Roanoke metro area; middle half earns $42,480 to $57,100
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
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Highest-paying metro areas for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface minings · Highest-paying occupations in Southside Virginia 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.