Continuous Mining Machine Operators

Operate self-propelled mining machines that rip coal, metal and nonmetal ores, rock, stone, or sand from the mine face and load it onto conveyors, shuttle cars, or trucks in a continuous operation.

Salary by State

State Name	Employment	Annual Salary	Hourly Salary
Alabama	370	$47,760	$22.96
Arizona	1,150	$50,540	$24.30
Arkansas	100	$35,600	$17.12
California	630	$62,040	$29.83
Colorado	460	$63,160	$30.37
Florida	250	$41,280	$19.85
Georgia	100	$47,270	$22.73
Idaho	360	$60,440	$29.06
Illinois	700	$51,410	$24.72
Indiana	330	$52,710	$25.34
Iowa	110	$48,350	$23.25
Kentucky	340	$42,800	$20.58
Louisiana		$43,440	$20.89
Michigan	180	$48,870	$23.50
Minnesota	130	$71,510	$34.38
Mississippi	100	$36,390	$17.50
Missouri	310	$49,890	$23.99
Nevada	3,540	$59,920	$28.81
New Mexico	250	$65,010	$31.25
North Carolina	110	$55,980	$26.91
Ohio	170	$56,600	$27.21
Oklahoma		$44,780	$21.53
Pennsylvania	590	$54,070	$25.99
South Carolina	130	$43,630	$20.98
Tennessee	70	$45,790	$22.01
Texas	170	$46,120	$22.17
Virginia	390	$49,360	$23.73
West Virginia	810	$62,770	$30.18
Wisconsin	280	$57,250	$27.52
Wyoming	240	$86,630	$41.65

Education

The programs listed below are typically the education paths that can land you this kind of job.

A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to operate and maintain a variety of heavy equipment, such as a crawler tractors, motor graders and scrapers, shovels, rigging devices, hoists, and jacks. Includes instruction in digging, ditching, sloping, stripping, grading, and backfiling, clearing and excavating.