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Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining salary in Arizona

The median excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Arizona earns $60,310 a year, 5% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,094 a month.

10th percentile
$47,510
25th percentile
$53,540
Median percentile
$60,310
75th percentile
$76,150
90th percentile
$88,130

Based on 560 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$49,131 take-home a year
Gross pay$60,310
Federal income tax−$5,057
Social Security + Medicare−$4,614
Arizona income tax (approx.)−$1,508
Monthly take-home$4,094
Every two weeks$1,890

Does it go far here?

$59,904Median pay in Arizona is worth this at average US prices (local price level 100.7 vs 100).
38%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,543 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Arizona

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$312,490
Family Medicine Physicians$292,760
General Internal Medicine Physicians$259,320
Pediatricians, General$233,950
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$227,870
Dentists, General$194,180
Architectural and Engineering Managers$167,480
Computer and Information Systems Managers$166,430

All excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining salaries · Take-home pay in Arizona