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Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining salary in Detroit, MI

The median excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI earns $59,040 a year, 3% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,926 a month.

10th percentile
$48,880
25th percentile
$48,930
Median percentile
$59,040
75th percentile
$64,050
90th percentile
$73,270

Based on 170 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

$47,109 take-home a year
Gross pay$59,040
Federal income tax−$4,905
Social Security + Medicare−$4,517
Michigan income tax (approx.)−$2,509
Monthly take-home$3,926
Every two weeks$1,812

Does it go far here?

$58,865Median pay in Detroit, MI is worth this at average US prices (local price level 100.3 vs 100).
31%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,207 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Detroit, MI

JobMedian pay
Emergency Medicine Physicians$447,750
Chief Executives$304,110
Nurse Anesthetists$243,130
Pediatricians, General$218,000
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$209,550
Family Medicine Physicians$181,990
Computer and Information Systems Managers$170,040
Architectural and Engineering Managers$168,550

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