2007-08-10 12:43:43 · 3 answers · asked by John C 1 in Social Science ➔ Economics
Of the 2,000 miners employed statewide, about 80 percent of them work in Carbon and Emery counties, according to the Utah Department of Workforce Services. Those miners make an average of $64,000 a year, compared to $35,000 in other job sectors.
What that means for aspiring miners in eastern Utah is a time-tested trade that will pay them close to $20 an hour straight out of high school.
2007-08-13 05:37:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have specific information about Utah but I recall reading the underground miners earn about $50,000 per year. It is hard dangerous uncomfortable work so it must pay better than competing jobs or no one would do it. The median wage in the US is about $37,000 a year. I heard on the news that some of the families do not speak English so maybe the have immigrant workers who work for less.
2007-08-10 23:57:20 · answer #2 · answered by meg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only 50,000 per year. Boy it would have to be higher than that for me to get in there. One of the most dangerous jobs you can have, and hard work too.
2007-08-11 17:10:48 · answer #3 · answered by Airmech 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋