Hourly wages at U.S. coal mines continue to increase ahead of those at U.S. metal mines, according to the results of two surveys conducted by CostMine. When comparing selected benchmark wages, coal miners in our survey earned up to 18% more.
Details in the report—U.S. Coal Mine Salaries, Wages and Benefits— show that union miners at underground coal mines in the U.S. generally received up to 10% less in wages but more generous benefit packages than non-union underground coal miners. At surface coal mines, the opposite was true with non-union maintenance workers receiving up to 15% higher wages than their union counterparts.
Complete survey reports—including actual wage and salary scales, benefit plan profiles, and bonus plans for many of the participating mines—can be purchased from CostMine. Details are available here or by calling + 1 509 328-8023
CostMine publishes Mining Cost Service, the industry’s standard reference for mine cost estimating.