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Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining salary in Baltimore, MD

The median excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD earns $56,470 a year, 2% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,680 a month.

10th percentile
$41,600
25th percentile
$41,610
Median percentile
$56,470
75th percentile
$69,000
90th percentile
$75,660

Based on 430 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

$44,165 take-home a year
Gross pay$56,470
Federal income tax−$4,596
Social Security + Medicare−$4,320
Maryland income tax (approx.)−$3,388
Monthly take-home$3,680
Every two weeks$1,699

Does it go far here?

$54,045Median pay in Baltimore, MD is worth this at average US prices (local price level 104.5 vs 100).
44%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,611 a month, Census ACS).

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