U.S. Mine Salaries, Wages and Benefits – Executive Summary
This report provides current information for estimating labor costs for new projects, and to provide comparative information for establishing wages and benefit plans for new and existing operations. State and federal employment tax rates are also summarized.
This year, 128 mines in 34 U.S. states, representing over 26,000 mine employees responded to the Costmine U.S. mining compensation survey.
Download the Executive Summary to have a look at the highlights from the report which includes trends on wages, salaries and compensation.

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