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Updated: 10 Feb 2012

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	National Salary Data (? XAll compensation data shown are gross, national 10th to 90th percentile ranges. Pay can vary greatly by location. To view local data, take the PayScale survey. )	$0	$50K	$100K	$150K
Salary	$55,136 - $100,149
Bonus	$1,038 - $19,315
Profit Sharing	$1,490 - $10,022
Total Pay (? XTotal Pay combines base annual salary or hourly wage, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job. It does not include equity (stock) compensation, cash value of retirement benefits, or the value of other non-cash benefits (e.g. healthcare). )	$54,906 - $107,727
Country: United States \| Currency: USD \| Updated: 10 Feb 2012 \| Individuals Reporting: 133

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Job Listings for Mining Engineer Jobs

Posted	Job Title	Company	Job Location
Oct 30	Mining Engineer B	BHP Billiton	Farmington, New Mexico
	Mining Engineer B (Ref no: 672491) Responsible for a range of mining engineering projects, which may... in a B.S. program in mining engineering or related... Indeed
Jan 24	Lead, Data Mining Engineer	The Mitre Corporation	McLean, Virginia
	Title Lead, Data Mining Engineer Location VA: McLean... in applied and research data mining, machine learning, and/or text mining. Familiarity with one or more... Indeed
Jan 19	Sr. Software Development Engineer, Entity Stores - Content Mining and Analysis - RCX	Amazon	Seattle, Washington
	Data Mining problems. Amazon.coms External Content Team is looking for exceptional software engineers who... driving the analytics and mining of content so that... Indeed
Jan 21	Associate Data Mining Engineer	Riot Games	Los Angeles, California
	The Associate Data Mining Engineer is responsible to... Analysis. The Associate Data Mining Engineer will assist with ad-hoc requests, data mining, and be an over... Indeed

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Companies and Industries for Mining Engineer Jobs

Popular Employers

Salary Range


Patriot Coal	Not enough data
Peabody Energy	Not enough data
Newmont Mining Corporation	Not enough data

Popular Industries

Salary Range


Coal Mining	$56,295 - $92,506
Gold Mining	$55,928 - $91,627
Other Ore Mining	$56,215 - $90,350
Engineering Consulting	$52,341 - $83,981
Aggregates, Asphalt, Cement	$51,790 - $83,247

Key Statistics for Mining Engineer Jobs

Gender

	Female 5%			Male 95%
Salary:	Not enough data			$60,309 - $86,079

Years of Experience

Less than 1 year

1-4 years

44%

5-9 years

18%

10-19 years

20%

20 years or more

11%

Top Degrees

Salary Range


Bachelor's Degree	$54,469 - $99,514
Bachelor of Science (BS / BSc), Mining Engineering	$56,277 - $96,367
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng / BE), Mining Engineering	$54,631 - $100,222
Master of Science (MS), Mining Engineering	$72,715 - $96,650
Bachelor of Science (BS / BSc), Civil Engineering (CE)	Not enough data

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Most Common Health Benefits

	Medical: 91%		Dental: 82%
	Vision: 64%		None: 5%

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Career Path for Mining Engineer Jobs

Common Past Jobs

Common Future Jobs

Mining Engineer

Salary Range

$54,906 - $107,727

	Mine Engineer $48,217 - $103,159
	Project Engineer $46,011 - $105,937

Common Past Jobs

Common Future Jobs

Mining Engineer

Salary Range

$54,906 - $107,727

Mining / Geological Engineer, or Mining Safety Engineer
$38,678 - $123,706

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Salary Map for Mining Engineer Jobs

Highest Salaries By City for Mining Engineer Jobs

Top Cities by Popularity for Mining Engineer Jobs

Highest Salaries By City

Top Cities by Popularity

Highest Salaries By City

1. Denver, Colorado

2. Salt Lake City, Utah

3. Birmingham, Alabama

4. Gillette, Wyoming

5. Elko, Nevada

6. Charleston, West Virginia

7. Tucson, Arizona

Mining Engineer Job Description

People with the job title Mining Engineer typically fall into one of the following PayScale standard occupations.

Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers

Determine the location and plan the extraction of coal, metallic ores, nonmetallic minerals, and building materials, such as stone and gravel. Work involves conducting preliminary surveys of deposits or undeveloped mines and planning their development; examining deposits or mines to determine whether they can be worked at a profit; making geological and topographical surveys; evolving methods of mining best suited to character, type, and size of deposits; and supervising mining operations.