How much do Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining make in Raleigh-Cary, NC?

Percentile spread

For Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining, the published 10th percentile is $50,610 and the 90th percentile is $69,160. The difference is $18,550, which is 31.4% 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 $52,000 to the 75th at $61,970, covers $9,970.

The mean annual wage is $58,670, which sits below the median of $59,030. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Raleigh-Cary, NC 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 $60,138, which is 4.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.7% higher than the North Carolina median of $58,620.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Raleigh-Cary, NC is 98.157, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $59,030 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining at $60,138 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. Raleigh-Cary, NC ranks 2nd 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).).

• Richmond, VA is 128 miles away, with a median of $58,710 and employment of 140. That median is 0.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $59,995, against $60,138 here.
• Roanoke, VA is 134 miles away, with a median of $46,610 and employment of 30. That median is 21% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,787, against $60,138 here.
• Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC is 137 miles away, with a median of $53,420 and employment of 80. That median is 9.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,543, against $60,138 here.

Employment share

Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Raleigh-Cary, NC (140 of 743,120). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (34,480 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.85 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.