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Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining: apprenticeship hours and pay
O*NET-SOC 47-5022.00
Approved titles
1
RAPIDS codes
Shortest term
2,000 h
minimum on the list
National median pay
$57,430
a year, BLS May 2025
Jobs nationally
34,480
BLS May 2025
Approved apprenticeship titles
- Training approaches
- hybrid, time-based
- Shortest approved term
- 2,000 hours, DRAGLINE OPERATOR (hybrid)
- State medians
- $90,380 in North Dakota to $35,870 in Puerto Rico (50 states publish one)
| Title | RAPIDS code | Approach and term |
|---|---|---|
| DRAGLINE OPERATOR | 0957 | Hybrid: 2,000 to 2,500 hours Time-Based: 2,000 hours |
What excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining earn, by state
| State | Median pay | Hourly | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | $90,380 | $43.45 | 220 |
| Illinois | $80,600 | $38.75 | 1,310 |
| New Jersey | $80,310 | $38.61 | 740 |
| Wyoming | $78,230 | $37.61 | 420 |
| New Mexico | $76,350 | $36.71 | 270 |
| Massachusetts | $76,070 | $36.57 | 280 |
| Alaska | $74,680 | $35.90 | 140 |
| California | $74,500 | $35.82 | 790 |
| Montana | $65,850 | $31.66 | 150 |
| Connecticut | $65,710 | $31.59 | 280 |
| Washington | $64,270 | $30.90 | 640 |
| Nevada | $63,810 | $30.68 | 730 |
| Indiana | $61,910 | $29.77 | 1,530 |
| West Virginia | $61,330 | $29.49 | 650 |
| Oregon | $61,280 | $29.46 | 310 |
| Minnesota | $61,260 | $29.45 | 520 |
| Colorado | $61,020 | $29.34 | 820 |
| Arizona | $60,310 | $29.00 | 560 |
| Vermont | $59,790 | $28.75 | 250 |
| Rhode Island | $59,590 | $28.65 | 50 |
| Virginia | $59,480 | $28.60 | 1,150 |
| Iowa | $59,390 | $28.55 | 560 |
| Michigan | $59,040 | $28.38 | 880 |
| Idaho | $58,670 | $28.21 | 190 |
| North Carolina | $58,620 | $28.18 | Not published |
| New Hampshire | $58,540 | $28.14 | 350 |
| Nebraska | $58,370 | $28.06 | 300 |
| Wisconsin | $58,280 | $28.02 | 990 |
| Ohio | $58,240 | $28.00 | 1,120 |
| New York | $58,120 | $27.94 | 1,490 |
| Maryland | $57,610 | $27.70 | 730 |
| Missouri | $56,760 | $27.29 | 310 |
| Maine | $55,890 | $26.87 | 230 |
| Utah | $54,330 | $26.12 | 400 |
| Louisiana | $53,510 | $25.73 | 280 |
| South Carolina | $52,580 | $25.28 | 330 |
| Pennsylvania | $52,350 | $25.17 | 1,520 |
| Florida | $51,990 | $25.00 | 1,480 |
| Georgia | $50,290 | $24.18 | 1,180 |
| Tennessee | $49,500 | $23.80 | 550 |
| Texas | $49,000 | $23.56 | 5,030 |
| Kansas | $48,950 | $23.53 | 270 |
| Mississippi | $48,490 | $23.31 | 290 |
| South Dakota | $48,250 | $23.20 | 280 |
| Kentucky | $47,780 | $22.97 | 790 |
| Alabama | $47,770 | $22.97 | 410 |
| Oklahoma | $47,100 | $22.64 | 1,440 |
| Delaware | $46,900 | $22.55 | 130 |
| Arkansas | $46,170 | $22.20 | 250 |
| Puerto Rico | $35,870 | $17.24 | 130 |
Finding a program
How to find a sponsor that trains this title · Apprenticeship sponsors by state (25,633) · All approved occupations
- Approved titles and terms: apprenticeship.gov approved occupations list, Last-Modified October 8, 2026, read October 8, 2026.
- Pay and jobs: BLS OEWS, May 2025, all industries, read October 8, 2026.