Roof Bolters, Mining Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $79K, rent takes 19.8% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,008/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new roof bolters, minings typically earn — is $64K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $3,829/month. At HUD’s $1,008/month FMR, rent would take 26% of that take-home — manageable on an entry-level income.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $79K locally vs. $79K nationally, a 1% difference.

West Virginia pays $79K median vs. the U.S. average of $79K — that’s +1%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 89.03), the purchasing-power equivalent is $89K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $79,400 a year, that works out to about $38 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $63,820, and experienced roof bolters, minings can clear $90,720. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $5,089/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,008/month, which eats 19.8% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

West Virginia has a Regional Price Parity of 89.03 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median roof bolters, mining salary is worth about $89,183 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.