Mining and quarry workers and related operatives: salary in the UK
Pay by year
£30k£32k£34k£36k£38k£40kMedian
202120222023202420252026 (provisional)
The median went from £30,263 in 2021 to £38,444 in 2025 (+27%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +25% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | x | x | £30,263 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | x | x | x | x |
| 2023 | x | x | £34,633 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | x | x | x | x |
| 2025 | x | x | £38,444 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | x | x | x | x |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
ONS didn't publish salary figures for Mining and quarry workers and related operatives in 2026: too few full-time employees were in the survey sample for a reliable estimate. This is common for jobs where many people are self-employed, because the survey only covers employees.
The wider group Plant and Machine Operatives (SOC 813) has a median of £33,601 a year.
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 402 job titles to SOC 8132 Mining and quarry workers and related operatives. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Above ground worker
- Aerial attendant
- Airway repairer
- Airwayman
- Artesian borer
- Assistant waste man
- Banksman's assistant
- Bargain man
- Belt cleaner
- Belt inspector
- Belt minder
- Belt runner
- Beltman
- Blaster
- Blende cleaner
- Borer
- Borer's assistant
- Boring engineer
- Boring machinist
- Bottom cutter
- Braker
- Brakesman
- Breaker
- Breaker and filler
- Brow hand
- Brusher
- Buddler
- Bumper
- Bunker
- Bunkerman
- Burster
- Byeworker
- Cable transporter
- Canchman
- Captain
- Carter
- Catch knocker
- Catch striker
- Chainman
- Channeller
- Chargeman
- China clay refiner
- Chock drawer
- Chock fitter
- Chocker
- Clay cutter
- Clay getter
- Clay man
- Clay miner
- Clay worker
- Cleaner
- Clipper
- Coal attendant
- Coal breaker
- Coal cleaner
- Coal crusher
- Coal cutter
- Coal cutter operator
- Coal cutterman
- Coal digger
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- Coal filler
- Coal foreman
- Coal miner
- Coal plant attendant
- Coal screener
- Coal sorter
- Coal stower
- Coal teemer
- Coal trimmer
- Coal washer
- Collier
- Collier assistant
- Collier helper
- Collier's assistant
- Collier's helper
- Colliery button man
- Colliery worker
- Companyman
- Contract worker
- Contractor
- Contractor's man
- Conveyer controller
- Conveyor filler
- Conveyor loader
- Core driller
- Cracker unit attendant
- Creeper attendant
- Crusher
- Crusher attendant
- Crusher driver
- Crusher feeder
- Crusher minder
- Crusher operator
- Crusherman
- Cutter
- Cutterman
- Cutting machinist
- Datal hand
- Delinter
- Delver
- Depot attendant
- Deputy
- Deputy overman
- Derrick floor man
- Derrickman
- Developer
- Development worker
- Diamond driller
- Digger
- Dinker
- Directional driller
- Disc operator
- Dismantler
- Drawer
- Drawer-off
- Drifter
- Driftman
- Drill changer
- Drill charger
- Drill driver
- Drill foreman
- Drill man
- Driller
- Drilling machinist
- Driver
- Dry cleaner operator
- Dry cleaning plant foreman
- Dumper
- Dust suppressor
- Examiner
- Excavator
- Explosives foreman
- Extractor
- Face haulage man
- Face trimmer
- Face worker
- Feeder
- Ferrier
- Filler
- Filter house attendant
- Filter presser
- Fireman
- Flint picker
- Floor man
- Flotation plant operator
- Foreman
- Frame attendant
- Froth flotation operator
- Ganger
- Ganister grinder
- Gaulter
- Gear headman
- General worker
- Getter
- Girder fixer
- Girder leader
- Grader
- Gravel washer
- Gravel worker
- Grinder
- Grit washer
- Gummer
- Hand washer
- Handyman
- Hanger-on
- Hard heading man
- Haulage hand
- Haulage man
- Haulage worker
- Haulier
- Header
- Hewer
- Hitcher
- Holer
- Hopper attendant
- Hoseman
- Ironstone borer
- Ironstone worker
- Jigman
- Journey attendant
- Keeker
- Labourer
- Lamp cleaner
- Landing attendant
- Landsale attendant
- Landsaler
- Latcher
- Lime hydrating plant worker
- Lime plant attendant
- Lime stone grinder
- Lime trimmer
- Lime washer
- Linesman
- Loader
- Loader attendant
- Lugger
- Machine cutter
- Machine driller
- Machine man
- Machinist
- Magneter
- Magnetic separator operator
- Manhole maker
- Market man
- Master
- Metal picker
- Methane borer
- Mica man
- Mill hand
- Mill man
- Miller
- Mine car attendant
- Mine worker
- Miner
- Miner's helper
- Odd job man
- Odd worker
- Official
- Oil rig worker
- Onsetter's assistant
- Opencast coal miner
- Opencast worker
- Ore crushing plant attendant
- Ore separator
- Outside foreman
- Overman
- Packer
- Paddy attendant
- Paddy conductor
- Pan man
- Panner
- Patrol
- Patrolman
- Picker
- Piece worker
- Pit foreman
- Pit man
- Pit operative
- Pit worker
- Plant attendant
- Plant operator
- Popper
- Power loader
- Power loader operator
- Power loaderman
- Power loading machinist
- Power stower
- Presser
- Process operator
- Process worker
- Prop drawer
- Prop setter
- Propman
- Propper
- Putter
- Quarrier
- Quarry foreman
- Quarry man
- Quarry master
- Quarry operative
- Quarry worker
- Ratchet machinist
- Repair worker
- Repairer
- Repairer's assistant
- Riddler
- Rider
- Ripper
- Road repairer
- Rock breaker
- Rock foreman
- Rock hand
- Rockman
- Roller driver
- Roof bolter
- Roof control officer
- Rope attendant
- Rope changer
- Roughneck
- Salvage drawer
- Salvage hand
- Salvage man
- Salvage officer
- Salvage worker
- Sample driller
- Sand riddler
- Sand worker
- Scalloper
- Scraper
- Screen attendant
- Screen foreman
- Screen hand
- Screen man
- Screen operator
- Screen worker
- Screener
- Screening plant worker
- Screens foreman
- Screenworker
- Securer
- Shearer
- Shearer driver
- Shift boss
- Shift worker
- Shifter
- Shifthand
- Shiftman
- Shot borer
- Shot firer
- Shot lighter
- Shotfirer's assistant
- Shotman
- Shotsman
- Sinker
- Sinker's assistant
- Slag crusher
- Slurry worker
- Slusher operator
- Smudger
- Spillage cleaner
- Splitter
- Spragger
- Stall holder
- Stamper
- Steel drawer
- Stemmer
- Stone breaker
- Stone cleaner
- Stone contractor
- Stone miller
- Stone picker
- Stone washer
- Stone worker
- Stoneman
- Stower
- Stripper
- Sumper
- Supplies transporter
- Supply man
- Surface foreman
- Surface hand
- Surface man
- Surface worker
- Survey linesman
- Switch operator
- Switchman
- Task worker
- Timber drawer
- Timber leader
- Timber loader
- Timber man
- Timber setter
- Timber supplier
- Timberer
- Timberman assistant
- Timberman's assistant
- Tin cleaner
- Tin dresser
- Tin miner
- Tipper
- Tipper attendant
- Tippler attendant
- Tipplerman
- Top cutter
- Topman
- Tracker
- Traffic foreman
- Transit worker
- Trimmer
- Truck filler
- Truckman
- Tub filler
- Tub manipulator
- Tunnel miner's labourer
- Tunneller
- Turn minder
- Under ground worker
- Underground captain
- Underground worker
- Utility man
- Wageman
- Wagon cleaner
- Wagon emptier
- Wagon runner
- Washer
- Washery attendant
- Washery hand
- Washery operator
- Waste drawer
- Waste man
- Waste worker
- Water infuser
- Water infusion man
- Waterman
- Well borer
- Well driller
- Well service supervisor
- Wireline operator
- Wireline operator's helper
- Woodman
- Working foreman
- Yard foreman
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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.