Blaster vs lead miner, blasting

The differences between blasters and lead miners, blasting can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a blaster and a lead miner, blasting. Additionally, a lead miner, blasting has an average salary of $52,761, which is higher than the $41,789 average annual salary of a blaster.

The top three skills for a blaster include CDL, hand tools and ATF. The most important skills for a lead miner, blasting are CDL, , and .

Blaster vs lead miner, blasting overview

	Blaster	Lead Miner, Blasting
Yearly salary	$41,789	$52,761
Hourly rate	$20.09	$25.37
Growth rate	1%	-
Number of jobs	219	1,672
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 55%	High School Diploma, 30%
Average age	28	28
Years of experience	4	4

Blaster vs lead miner, blasting salary

Blasters and lead miners, blasting have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Blaster	Lead Miner, Blasting
Average salary	$41,789	$52,761
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $67,000	Between $25,000 And $107,000
Highest paying City	Newport News, VA	-
Highest paying state	Virginia	-
Best paying company	Siemens	-
Best paying industry	Manufacturing	-

Differences between blaster and lead miner, blasting education

There are a few differences between a blaster and a lead miner, blasting in terms of educational background:

	Blaster	Lead Miner, Blasting
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 55%	High School Diploma, 30%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Blaster vs lead miner, blasting demographics

Here are the differences between blasters' and lead miners, blasting' demographics:

	Blaster	Lead Miner, Blasting
Average age	28	28
Gender ratio	Male, 95.3% Female, 4.7%	Male, 98.4% Female, 1.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.8% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 22.2% Asian, 1.1% White, 60.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, -0.8%	Black or African American, 7.6% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 17.3% Asian, -0.1% White, 70.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between blaster and lead miner, blasting duties and responsibilities

Blaster example responsibilities.

Blast rail freight cars with steel grit to achieve require blast profile per paint specifications or customer's request.
Blast paint off of aluminum wheels in cabinet.
Lead foreman - run pipe sandblasting crew on site at oil field refineries.
Operate bobcat, emulsion, truck, and other equipment necessary to blasting.
Transport sand and run a three man crew to keep things on a tight schedule.
Mentore and train international employees on policies and regulations regarding ammunition and explosives resulting in expanding foreign networking.

Lead miner, blasting example responsibilities.

Operate and maintain the concrete plant and manage formulation of shotcrete and concrete batches.
Complete necessary event paperwork/shot report documentation as per company and ATF requirements.
Oil and lubricate mining equipment.

Blaster vs lead miner, blasting skills

Common blaster skills

CDL, 25%
Hand Tools, 14%
ATF, 8%
Fall Protection, 6%
Blast Equipment, 6%
Grit, 5%

Common lead miner, blasting skills

CDL, 100%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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