The median annual wage for Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is $121,790 (May 2024 BLS OES). The mean (average) is $104,750.
Pay spans roughly $59,880 at the 10th percentile to $138,050 at the 90th, so experience and specialisation move this figure a lot. At the median that is about $58.56 per hour. An estimated 80 people work as excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA.
| Median (annual) | $121,790 |
| Mean (annual) | $104,750 |
| Median (hourly) | $58.56 |
| 10th percentile | $59,880 |
| 90th percentile | $138,050 |
| Employment | 80 |
Updated 2026-07-23.
Source: BLS OES May 2024 — bls.gov/oes. Checked 2026-07-23.