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What mining engineers make
Median
$125,000
Lower end
$77,000
Upper end
$240,000
Job Bank's national median is $60 an hour, about $125,000 a year at 40 hours a week. The lower end ($37.02) and upper end ($115.38) are the bottom and top of the wage range for everyone in the group. Site jobs in the North often add a camp or northern allowance. In a downturn, hiring freezes and layoffs hit fast.