Extraction Workers, All Other salary

SOC 47-5099 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$57,010

per year, nationally

Middle half

$44,370–$65,380

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

5,540

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+1.4%

700 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$37,530$82,160

10th: $37,530
25th: $44,370
Median: $57,010
75th: $65,380
90th: $82,160

Getting in

Typical education to enter: High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where extraction workers, all other earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Pennsylvania	$79,520	97.6	—	—
2	Colorado	$77,890	103.1	60	0.54×
3	Idaho	$71,050	95.5	40	1.18×
4	Nevada	$67,450	100.0	390	7.03×
5	New York	$64,180	107.9	50	0.14×
6	West Virginia	$63,550	89.5	470	18.70×
7	Texas	$61,290	97.1	1,070	2.14×
8	Wyoming	$59,090	92.7	370	36.85×
9	Montana	$51,200	94.6	160	8.67×
10	California	$50,590	110.7	—	—
11	Tennessee	$49,400	91.9	70	0.58×
12	Louisiana	$48,070	88.2	1,650	23.94×
13	Arkansas	$47,200	86.9	70	1.57×
14	Minnesota	$47,070	98.6	40	0.41×
15	Georgia	$45,760	96.3	180	1.03×
16	Utah	$45,140	98.9	—	—
17	Ohio	$44,550	92.8	170	0.84×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where extraction workers, all other wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for extraction workers, all other

The 11 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Beckley, WV	$70,120	88.4	70	45.19×
2	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$66,910	103.1	100	0.66×
3	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$64,740	98.6	260	2.19×
4	Wheeling, WV-OH	$62,970	88.3	120	59.49×
5	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$62,820	94.7	70	1.65×
6	Reno, NV	$61,790	101.0	40	4.12×
7	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$54,870	92.6	140	8.61×
8	Lafayette, LA	$53,210	87.2	390	60.67×
9	Casper, WY	$51,160	93.8	110	74.92×
10	Baton Rouge, LA	$48,050	90.8	120	8.50×
11	Hammond, LA	$42,210	84.5	30	18.77×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where extraction workers, all other wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Roustabouts, Oil and Gas$46,960
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas$58,160
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining$57,430
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas$60,190
Continuous Mining Machine Operators$61,810
Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas$67,890
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas$58,620
Helpers--Extraction Workers$47,730