How much do Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining make in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

Percentile spread

For Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining, the published 10th percentile is $58,810 and the 90th percentile is $123,540. The difference is $64,730, which is 68.2% 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 $65,410 to the 75th at $122,950, covers $57,540.

The mean annual wage is $89,320, which sits below the median of $94,960. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ median is 65.3% 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 $84,362, which is 46.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 63.4% higher than the New York median of $58,120.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ covers more than one state. The state comparison uses New York, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 112.563, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $94,960 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining at $84,362 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

19 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ranks 1st of 20 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).).

• New Haven, CT is 63 miles away, with a median of $75,110 and employment of 70. That median is 20.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,835, against $84,362 here.
• Waterbury-Shelton, CT is 66 miles away, with a median of $61,410 and employment of 40. That median is 35.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,547, against $84,362 here.
• Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ is 83 miles away, with a median of $52,760 and employment of 50. That median is 44.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,777, against $84,362 here.

Employment share

Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (880 of 9,492,000). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (34,480 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.42 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.