How much do Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining make in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI?

Percentile spread

For Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining, the published 10th percentile is $48,880 and the 90th percentile is $73,270. The difference is $24,390, which is 41.3% 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 $48,930 to the 75th at $64,050, covers $15,120.

The mean annual wage is $56,970, which sits below the median of $59,040. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI median is 2.8% 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 $58,865, which is 2.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Michigan median of $59,040.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is 100.298, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $59,040 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining at $58,865 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI ranks 5th of 6 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).).

• Toledo, OH is 85 miles away, with a median of $61,070 and employment of 100. That median is 3.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,776, against $58,865 here.
• Cleveland, OH is 116 miles away, with a median of $65,900 and employment of 110. That median is 11.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $70,164, against $58,865 here.
• Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is 129 miles away, with a median of $68,600 and employment of 100. That median is 16.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,798, against $58,865 here.

Employment share

Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI (170 of 1,904,530). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (34,480 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.40 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.