How much do Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining make in Pittsburgh, PA?

Percentile spread

For Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining, the published 10th percentile is $47,450 and the 90th percentile is $58,340. The difference is $10,890, which is 21.3% 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 $49,560 to the 75th at $57,800, covers $8,240.

The mean annual wage is $53,080, which sits above the median of $51,210. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Pittsburgh, PA median is 10.8% lower 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 $54,093, which is 5.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.2% lower than the Pennsylvania median of $52,350.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Pittsburgh, PA is 94.671, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $51,210 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining at $54,093 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

9 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining. Pittsburgh, PA ranks 9th of 10 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).).

• Wheeling, WV-OH is 62 miles away, with a median of $53,700 and employment of 50. That median is 4.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $60,800, against $54,093 here.
• Canton-Massillon, OH is 75 miles away, with a median of $61,770 and employment of 40. That median is 20.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,089, against $54,093 here.
• Cleveland, OH is 116 miles away, with a median of $65,900 and employment of 110. That median is 28.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $70,164, against $54,093 here.

Employment share

Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Pittsburgh, PA (270 of 1,114,490). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (34,480 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.09 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.