How much do Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining make in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH?

Percentile spread

For Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining, the published 10th percentile is $57,540 and the 90th percentile is $96,160. The difference is $38,620, which is 50.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $61,850 to the 75th at $79,970, covers $18,120.

The mean annual wage is $73,770, which sits below the median of $76,110. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH median is 32.5% higher than the national median of $57,430 for Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining. In 2024 national prices the local median is $70,299, which is 22.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.1% higher than the Massachusetts median of $76,070.

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Massachusetts, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 108.266, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $76,110 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining at $70,299 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

11 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH ranks 2nd of 12 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Manchester-Nashua, NH is 45 miles away, with a median of $64,470 and employment of 70. That median is 15.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,018, against $70,299 here.
• Worcester, MA is 49 miles away, with a median of $73,780 and employment of 60. That median is 3.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,964, against $70,299 here.
• Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 58 miles away, with a median of $60,850 and employment of 70. That median is 20% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $59,790, against $70,299 here.

Employment share

Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (180 of 2,703,890). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (34,480 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.30 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.