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

The median excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Indiana earns $61,910 a year, 8% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,172 a month.

10th percentile
$48,940
25th percentile
$56,600
Median percentile
$61,910
75th percentile
$70,050
90th percentile
$90,350

Based on 1,530 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

$50,067 take-home a year
Gross pay$61,910
Federal income tax−$5,249
Social Security + Medicare−$4,736
Indiana income tax (approx.)−$1,857
Monthly take-home$4,172
Every two weeks$1,926

Does it go far here?

$66,335Median pay in Indiana is worth this at average US prices (local price level 93.3 vs 100).
25%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,062 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Indiana

JobMedian pay
Radiologists$430,640
Anesthesiologists$394,060
Physicians, All Other$366,190
Emergency Medicine Physicians$347,060
General Internal Medicine Physicians$314,390
Family Medicine Physicians$261,940
Chief Executives$254,180
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates$183,000

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