Roof Bolters, Mining Salary and Pay
How much do Roof Bolters, Mining make?
Roof Bolters, Mining pay a median of $76,640 a year in the BLS May 2024 survey, with a mean of $74,760 across 2,230 counted jobs. Half of all workers in the occupation earn between $67,110 and $80,230.
One page for the whole Roof Bolters, Mining pay distribution: national ladder first, then all 4 state rows and the metro rankings, every figure from BLS OEWS May 2024.
Updated November 5, 2026
Salary converter for this occupation
Gross pay only, before taxes and benefits. The picker starts at this occupation's median ($76,640); the custom box accepts any annual figure, which is how you price an offer letter against the ladder below.
The national wage ladder (BLS OEWS, May 2024)
| Pay level | Annual wage | Hourly wage |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $50,880 | $24.46 |
| 25th percentile | $67,110 | $32.26 |
| Median (50th) | $76,640 | $36.85 |
| 75th percentile | $80,230 | $38.57 |
| 90th percentile | $87,420 | $42.03 |
Read the ladder vertically: each row is the wage of the Roof Bolters, Mining worker at that point in the distribution, so $80,230 at the 75th percentile means three quarters of the occupation earns less. Figures BLS cannot publish appear as n/p, and its top code prints as $239,200+.
Employment and concentration
With 2,230 jobs nationally, Roof Bolters, Mining make up 0.00% of U.S. employment as BLS measured it in May 2024. The map is uneven: West Virginia alone holds 1,040 of those jobs, the top three states hold 60.5%, and the deepest concentration sits in West Virginia (location quotient 102.11, where 1.00 is the national average). A quotient above 2 usually signals a local industry cluster rather than evenly spread demand.
The spread matters as much as the center. Earners at the 90th percentile make $87,420, which is 1.7 times the $50,880 at the 10th, a difference of $36,540 annually. Because the mean wage ($74,760) sits close to the median ($76,640), a typical offer should be judged against the median and the 25th to 75th percentile band, not the mean.
Pay by state
The state spread for Roof Bolters, Mining runs from the $113,750 median in Wyoming down through every other publishing state. Employment concentrates in West Virginia (1,040 jobs). The complete table:
| State | Employment | Jobs per 1,000 | Location quotient | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 1,040 | 1.5 | 102.11 | $74,840 | $78,970 |
| Virginia | 160 | 0.0 | 2.81 | $78,990 | $75,700 |
| Kentucky | 150 | 0.1 | 5.05 | $66,950 | $70,620 |
| Wyoming | 100 | 0.4 | 25.31 | $112,150 | $113,750 |
The occupation in context
Ranked against all 826 published occupations, Roof Bolters, Mining stands number 801 by employment and number 245 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 40% more than its group median, and it supplies 0.0% of the group's 6,361,730 jobs. In 2 of the 4 states with a published median, the state median beats the national median of $76,640, 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
Beckley, WV is the largest metro employer with 190 jobs, 8.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beckley, WV | 190 | $71,230 | $76,040 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | 150 | $76,010 | $81,810 |
What the median pay looks like as a budget
Budget arithmetic on the median: $6,387 a month before tax, $2,948 biweekly, $1,474 weekly. Moving from the 25th percentile ($67,110) to the 75th ($80,230) is worth $13,120 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 $84,304 would sit between the median ($76,640) and the 75th percentile ($80,230), inside the top half but outside the top quarter of this occupation's ladder. An offer at the 25th percentile, $67,110, is $9,530 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
Compare the ladder above with the closest relatives in the survey: Construction and Building Inspectors, Roofers, Sheet Metal Workers, Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers, Structural Iron and Steel Workers, Helpers--Electricians. The Careers hub carries the whole branch, group by group.
Frequently asked questions
How much do Roof Bolters, Mining make an hour?
The median hourly wage is $36.85, and the mean hourly wage is $35.94, from the May 2024 OEWS estimates. Annual figures for Roof Bolters, Mining use the survey's 2,080-hour year where a conversion is needed, which is how the $76,640 annual median and the hourly figures reconcile.
Which state pays Roof Bolters, Mining the most?
Wyoming, with a median annual wage of $113,750 across 100 jobs. The full state table on this page ranks every publishing state by employment and shows median and mean side by side.
How big is the Roof Bolters, Mining workforce?
2,230 wage and salary workers in May 2024, 0.00% of U.S. employment in the survey. Employment concentrates most in West Virginia by location quotient (102.11).
How current is this Roof Bolters, Mining salary data?
These are the May 2024 OEWS estimates behind the $76,640 median and the 2,230 job count on this page, released by BLS on April 2, 2025 and downloaded on November 5, 2026. OEWS is an employer survey, so those figures describe wages actually paid in this occupation, not advertised ranges.