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

The median excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Utah earns $54,330 a year, 5% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,616 a month.

10th percentile
$46,560
25th percentile
$48,560
Median percentile
$54,330
75th percentile
$62,040
90th percentile
$69,180

Based on 400 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

$43,389 take-home a year
Gross pay$54,330
Federal income tax−$4,340
Social Security + Medicare−$4,156
Utah income tax (approx.)−$2,445
Monthly take-home$3,616
Every two weeks$1,669

Does it go far here?

$54,954Median pay in Utah is worth this at average US prices (local price level 98.9 vs 100).
41%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,496 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Utah

JobMedian pay
Family Medicine Physicians$297,510
Physicians, All Other$228,060
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$174,590
Chief Executives$171,880
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$168,060
Computer and Information Systems Managers$163,610
Architectural and Engineering Managers$161,120
Financial Managers$150,450

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