Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining Salary in Cincinnati, OH

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

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $44,010 a year or less, while the top 10% make $101,050 or more. The middle half of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Cincinnati earn between $47,800 and $68,560.

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

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

On the average salary of $63,800, a single filer in Cincinnati takes home about $50,983 a year, or $4,249 a month and $1,961 every two weeks. Taxes take 20% of gross pay.

The Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area crosses state lines, so take-home pay depends on the state where you work:

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). Includes Cincinnati's local income tax (1.8%); the city income tax is that of the principal city (suburbs have their own rates) and school district income taxes are not included.

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

Prices in the Cincinnati area are 5% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 95.4), so the average $63,800 buys what about $66,897 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.2 times the median wage of all jobs in Cincinnati ($50,170). A typical home costs $311,270, 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 Ohio cities

Cincinnati ranks 5th of 6 Ohio metro areas for this job; Cleveland pays the most ($72,280).

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

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