U.S. Mining Salaries, Wages and Benefits 2021 Executive Summary

This year, 141 mines in 42 U.S. states, representing over 32,000 mine employees responded to the Costmine U.S. mining compensation survey. This executive summary provides an overview of the survey results. The survey was designed to provide 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.