Rock Splitters, Quarry Salary and Pay
How much do Rock Splitters, Quarry make?
Rock Splitters, Quarry pay a median of $47,460 a year in the BLS May 2024 survey, with a mean of $50,540 across 3,080 counted jobs. Half of all workers in the occupation earn between $39,990 and $58,290.
What Rock Splitters, Quarry actually pay, from the federal wage survey: a $47,460 median, the full percentile ladder, every state's table, and the metros where the jobs and the money sit, on one page.
Updated November 5, 2026
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Hourly figures use the BLS full-time convention of 2,080 hours a year. The converter loads this occupation's own ladder, median $47,460 first; type any offer into the custom box to price it against the same year.
The national wage ladder (BLS OEWS, May 2024)
| Pay level | Annual wage | Hourly wage |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $37,240 | $17.90 |
| 25th percentile | $39,990 | $19.23 |
| Median (50th) | $47,460 | $22.82 |
| 75th percentile | $58,290 | $28.02 |
| 90th percentile | $68,380 | $32.87 |
A percentile marks a point in this occupation's pay distribution: the worker one quarter of the way up the Rock Splitters, Quarry ladder earns the 25th percentile wage, $39,990. BLS top-codes very high wages ($239,200+ a year, $115.00+ an hour) and marks estimates it cannot publish as n/p.
Employment and concentration
With 3,080 jobs nationally, Rock Splitters, Quarry make up 0.00% of U.S. employment as BLS measured it in May 2024. The map is uneven: Oklahoma alone holds 260 of those jobs, the top three states hold 24.4%, and the deepest concentration sits in Oklahoma (location quotient 7.75, where 1.00 is the national average). A quotient above 2 usually signals a local industry cluster rather than evenly spread demand.
Read the ladder as a career path in numbers: $39,990 at the 25th percentile, $47,460 at the middle, $58,290 at the 75th. The full 10-to-90 range runs $31,140, a ratio of 1.8 to 1. Where a specific job offer lands on that range says more about the role's level than the occupation's headline median does.
Pay by state
Sorted by employment, the table below puts Oklahoma first at 260 jobs; sorted by median pay instead, Oregon would lead at $65,350. Both orderings are printed in one table:
| State | Employment | Jobs per 1,000 | Location quotient | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 260 | 0.2 | 7.75 | $44,340 | $47,130 |
| Missouri | 250 | 0.1 | 4.22 | $52,560 | $55,170 |
| Pennsylvania | 240 | 0.0 | 1.99 | $45,720 | $44,880 |
| Tennessee | 230 | 0.1 | 3.59 | $45,820 | $44,970 |
| Indiana | 170 | 0.1 | 2.60 | $52,920 | $53,430 |
| Minnesota | 170 | 0.1 | 2.92 | $57,160 | $58,740 |
| Colorado | 160 | 0.1 | 2.85 | $51,140 | $46,180 |
| Kansas | 140 | 0.1 | 4.99 | $42,190 | $41,000 |
| California | 110 | 0.0 | 0.32 | $70,890 | $63,110 |
| Iowa | 100 | 0.1 | 3.35 | $50,250 | $48,630 |
| Arkansas | 70 | 0.1 | 2.56 | $50,740 | $45,030 |
| Georgia | 70 | 0.0 | 0.70 | $51,700 | $46,160 |
| Idaho | 70 | 0.1 | 4.16 | $36,770 | $35,480 |
| Ohio | 70 | 0.0 | 0.59 | $44,380 | $43,940 |
| Massachusetts | 60 | 0.0 | 0.80 | $63,130 | $64,590 |
| Oregon | 60 | 0.0 | 1.43 | $64,150 | $65,350 |
| North Carolina | 50 | 0.0 | 0.52 | $58,120 | $57,710 |
| Maryland | 40 | 0.0 | 0.64 | $38,620 | $38,770 |
| Montana | 40 | 0.1 | 4.39 | $46,070 | $41,660 |
| Illinois | n/p | n/p | n/p | $61,060 | $61,140 |
| Kentucky | n/p | n/p | n/p | $42,820 | $39,130 |
The occupation in context
Ranked against all 826 published occupations, Rock Splitters, Quarry stands number 786 by employment and number 581 by median pay. Inside its own major group, Construction and Extraction Occupations, the group median wage is $54,660 across 60 detailed occupations, so this occupation pays 13% less than its group median, and it supplies 0.0% of the group's 6,361,730 jobs. In 9 of the 21 states with a published median, the state median beats the national median of $47,460, which is the single best quick test of whether this occupation's pay is set nationally or locally: a high count means local markets regularly outbid the national figure.
Metropolitan areas: where the jobs and the pay sit
Topeka, KS is the largest metro employer with 50 jobs, 1.6% of the national total. Employment rank and pay rank are different lists: the second table re-sorts metros with at least 500 jobs in this occupation by mean pay, the floor keeping a handful of workers from posing as a market.
Largest metro employers
| Metropolitan area | Employment | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Topeka, KS | 50 | $41,060 | $38,140 |
| Bloomington, IN | 40 | $48,910 | $47,510 |
| Springfield, MO | 30 | $50,700 | $49,740 |
What the median pay looks like as a budget
Budget arithmetic on the median: $3,955 a month before tax, $1,825 biweekly, $913 weekly. Moving from the 25th percentile ($39,990) to the 75th ($58,290) is worth $18,300 a year, which is the realistic size of the experience and specialization premium inside this occupation. To turn any of these gross figures into spendable money, run them through the paycheck calculator; to weigh an offer against your current role, use the salary calculator; to test a raise against prices, the raise vs inflation calculator.
To place a real offer: a salary of $52,206 would sit between the median ($47,460) and the 75th percentile ($58,290), inside the top half but outside the top quarter of this occupation's ladder. An offer at the 25th percentile, $39,990, is $7,470 under the median, the typical size of the discount attached to entry-level or low-cost-market postings in this field.
Related occupations in Construction and Extraction Occupations
The occupations BLS groups with this one, by size: Structural Iron and Steel Workers, Helpers--Electricians, Glaziers, Brickmasons and Blockmasons, Hazardous Materials Removal Workers, Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators. Every one of the 826 published occupations is indexed on the Careers hub.
Frequently asked questions
How much do Rock Splitters, Quarry make?
The median annual wage is $47,460 and the mean is $50,540 in the BLS OEWS May 2024 estimates. The middle half of workers earn between $39,990 and $58,290 a year.
Which state pays Rock Splitters, Quarry the most?
By median annual wage, Oregon leads the state table at $65,350, based on 60 jobs in that state. By mean wage and by headcount the leaders can differ, so the state table on this page shows all three measures side by side.
How many Rock Splitters, Quarry are there in the United States?
BLS counted 3,080 wage and salary workers in this occupation in May 2024, 0.00% of all U.S. employment in the survey. The largest state employer is Oklahoma with 260 jobs.
What do the OEWS percentiles mean for Rock Splitters, Quarry?
They mark points in this occupation's pay distribution. One worker in ten earns $37,240 or less and one in ten earns $68,380 or more; the median, $47,460, is the wage of the worker exactly in the middle of the 3,080 counted jobs.