Mining Machine Operators

This post summarizes key statistics on Mining Machine Operators using nationally representative data. These statistics include education attainment distributions, income over the career, most common majors, and more.

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Income Over Career
Top Industries
Education Distribution
Top Majors
Weekly Hours Distribution

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Age	IncMed
20	48,866
25	54,436
30	79,385
35	90,725
40	83,073
45	84,454
50	86,739
55	86,432
60	77,244
65	71,064

EDUCATION	Share
Less Than High School Degree	13.3
High School Degree	52.4
Some College, No Degree	21.6
Associate's Degree	7.8
Bachelor's Degree	4.3
Master's Degree	0.4
Professional Degree (eg MD, PharmD, JD, etc)	0.1
PhD	0.1

Hours Worked	Share
0-20	1.90
20-39	2.00
39-41	34.30
41-50	29.20
50-60	15.00
More than 60	17.60

Income Over Career

This chart provides the median income by age for Mining Machine Operators.

Ten Most Common Industries

Share	Income	Industry
33.60	79,408	Coal mining
30.50	82,393	Oil and gas extraction
17.90	67,192	Nonmetallic mining and quarrying, except fuels
15.40	85,483	Metal mining
0.60	90,725	All construction
0.30	102,637	Electric light and power
0.20	72,094	Manufacturing industries, n.s.
0.20	22,658	Miscellaneous entertainment and recreation services
0.10	59,736	Petroleum refining
0.10	28,838	Sawmills, planing mills, and millwork

This table highlights the top industries people working as Mining Machine Operators work in, and how much they earn in each industry.

Education Distribution

This chart shows the maximal educational attainment of people working as Mining Machine Operators. Its meant to give a sense of the credentials required to work in this Occupation.

Ten Most Common Majors

Share	Major	Median Income
95.10	No 4-Year Degree	77,244
0.30	General Engineering	128,740
0.30	Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies	123,591
0.30	Criminal Justice and Fire Protection	72,094
0.30	Health and Medical Administrative Services	54,975
0.30	General Business	59,421
0.30	Human Resources and Personnel Management	90,725
0.20	Mechanical Engineering	54,436
0.20	Mining and Mineral Engineering	136,088
0.20	Biology	102,637

This table highlights the top majors people working as Mining Machine Operators received, and how earnings vary by major.

Weekly Hours Distribution

This chart shows the distribution of typical weekly work hours of people working as Mining Machine Operators. Its meant to provide a sense of the work-life balance one should expect from this Occupation.

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