wide range of miner pay

[Stephen Sims]

My statement  of over $200k seems to be too high.

I’ll ask my cousin for top pay for experienced foreman at 60 hours per week

 

Production Miner (screening, bolting, Face Drilling) 100% bonus makes the 100% bonus so if you waged $40/hr after Bonus you would make $80/hr And that's not the end of it Miners work 40-44 hours a week, most work over time. So, before over time Production Underground miners make between $150,000 and $200,000.

 

Cutting and Channeling Operators

To remove coal from the seams inside of mines, miners use cutting and channeling machines. Miners in West Virginia coal mines who operate these machines made an average of $19.89 per hour and $41,380 per year as of May 2010, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The lowest-paid fourth of cutting and channeling machine operators in West Virginia made $18.75 per hour and $39,010 per year or less, while the highest-paid made $22.66 per hour and $47,130 per year or more.

 

The average West Virginia miner made about $64,000 last year, according to Workforce West Virginia, part of the state's commerce department. That's more than twice the $31,000 average income for all industries in the state. Hall knows of one bulldozer operator at a coal mine who made, after bonuses and overtime, $118,000 last year.

 

Coal mine foreman/woman (underground coal mine foreman)

Terms of Employment: Permanent, Full Time, Shift, Overtime, Weekend, Day, Night, Evening

Salary: $90,000.00 to $130,000.00 Yearly for 40 hours per week, Medical Benefits, Dental Benefits, Group Insurance