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Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining salary in Dallas, TX

The median excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX earns $51,780 a year, 10% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,649 a month.

10th percentile
$40,800
25th percentile
$46,460
Median percentile
$51,780
75th percentile
$60,980
90th percentile
$68,260

Based on 990 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

$43,785 take-home a year
Gross pay$51,780
Federal income tax−$4,034
Social Security + Medicare−$3,961
Texas income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$3,649
Every two weeks$1,684

Does it go far here?

$50,228Median pay in Dallas, TX is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.1 vs 100).
44%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,614 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Dallas, TX

JobMedian pay
Cardiologists$403,340
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$321,260
Chief Executives$320,060
General Internal Medicine Physicians$276,520
Family Medicine Physicians$259,310
Physicians, All Other$222,410
Nurse Anesthetists$218,650
Anesthesiologists$218,060

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