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Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining salary in Colorado

The median loading and moving machine operators, underground mining in Colorado earns $79,150 a year, 6% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,086 a month.

10th percentile
$68,470
25th percentile
$79,150
Median percentile
$79,150
75th percentile
$80,450
90th percentile
$81,070

Based on 70 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

$61,029 take-home a year
Gross pay$79,150
Federal income tax−$8,583
Social Security + Medicare−$6,055
Colorado income tax (approx.)−$3,483
Monthly take-home$5,086
Every two weeks$2,347

Does it go far here?

$76,806Median pay in Colorado is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.1 vs 100).
35%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,761 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Colorado

JobMedian pay
Radiologists$344,270
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$307,490
Physicians, All Other$298,320
Family Medicine Physicians$265,560
Emergency Medicine Physicians$239,200
Computer and Information Systems Managers$199,420
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates$198,790
Pediatricians, General$196,440

All loading and moving machine operators, underground mining salaries · Take-home pay in Colorado