Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining Salary in Worcester, MA

Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining pay range in Worcester

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $55,090 a year or less, while the top 10% make $110,730 or more. The middle half of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Worcester earn between $57,350 and $77,690.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining salary after taxes in Worcester

On the average salary of $74,710, a single filer in Worcester takes home about $57,973 a year, or $4,831 a month and $2,230 every two weeks. Taxes take 22% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave premiums are not included.

Is Worcester a good place for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Worcester area are 3% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 102.5), so the average $74,710 buys what about $72,871 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.3 times the median wage of all jobs in Worcester ($57,830). A typical home costs $482,611, or 6.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining salary in other Massachusetts cities

Worcester ranks 1st of 3 Massachusetts metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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San Francisco, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($110,990).

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