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Continuous Mining Machine Operators pay in Duluth, MN-WI and Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Continuous Mining Machine Operators is $86,230 per year in Duluth, MN-WI. It is $39,540 per year in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. Duluth, MN-WI is 118.1% above Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-5041 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 50 wage and salary jobs in Duluth, MN-WI and 30 in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings