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Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas in Richmond, VA
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The spread
How pay for this job is spread here: higher means more people earn around that amount, and the darker middle is the middle half of earners. The dots are BLS's published 10th, 25th, median, 75th and 90th percentiles; the curve between them is our smooth estimate. Hover or tap a dot for its figure.
This job is less common here than nationally: 0.1 in every 1,000 jobs (location quotient 0.81).
Where this job pays most
Median an hour by state, from lower to higher pay as in the key below. Hover or tap a state for its figure. Living costs differ too, so a higher wage is not always more to spend.
- AL, Alabama, median $22.33
- AK, Alaska, median $38.48
- AZ, Arizona, median $28.30
- AR, Arkansas, median $22.19
- CA, California, median $32.17
- CO, Colorado, median $31.16
- CT, Connecticut, median $31.59
- DE, Delaware, median $27.48
- DC, District of Columbia, not published
- FL, Florida, median $26.60
- GA, Georgia, median $24.06
- HI, Hawaii, not published
- ID, Idaho, median $26.36
- IL, Illinois, median $38.02
- IN, Indiana, median $30.17
- IA, Iowa, median $25.96
- KS, Kansas, median $31.54
- KY, Kentucky, median $27.00
- LA, Louisiana, median $26.77
- ME, Maine, median $21.91
- MD, Maryland, median $29.45
- MA, Massachusetts, median $30.86
- MI, Michigan, median $30.08
- MN, Minnesota, median $30.67
- MS, Mississippi, median $29.17
- MO, Missouri, median $24.77
- MT, Montana, median $34.36
- NE, Nebraska, median $28.94
- NV, Nevada, median $29.34
- NH, New Hampshire, median $31.93
- NJ, New Jersey, median $37.48
- NM, New Mexico, median $28.91
- NY, New York, median $29.26
- NC, North Carolina, median $27.55
- ND, North Dakota, median $30.08
- OH, Ohio, median $29.33
- OK, Oklahoma, median $26.05
- OR, Oregon, median $31.21
- PA, Pennsylvania, median $27.60
- RI, Rhode Island, not published
- SC, South Carolina, median $29.57
- SD, South Dakota, median $27.48
- TN, Tennessee, median $28.21
- TX, Texas, median $28.22
- UT, Utah, median $29.08
- VT, Vermont, median $29.53
- VA, Virginia, median $26.67
- WA, Washington, median $38.70
- WV, West Virginia, median $26.70
- WI, Wisconsin, median $32.84
- WY, Wyoming, median $30.98
- PR, Puerto Rico, not published
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