Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining Salary in Syracuse, NY

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

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $41,450 a year or less, while the top 10% make $64,200 or more. The middle half of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Syracuse earn between $47,640 and $63,190.

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

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

On the average salary of $54,520, a single filer in Syracuse takes home about $43,593 a year, or $3,633 a month and $1,677 every two weeks. Taxes take 20% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules). New York City (up to 3.876%) and Yonkers income taxes are not included.

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

Prices in the Syracuse area are 4% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 95.7), so the average $54,520 buys what about $56,945 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.9 times the median wage of all jobs in Syracuse ($52,990). A typical home costs $264,903, or 4.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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

Syracuse ranks 5th of 8 New York metro areas for this job; New York pays the most ($89,320).

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

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