How To Become A Mine Supervisor: What It Is and Career Path

What is a mine supervisor and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

2 min read

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to being a mine supervisor. For example, did you know that they make an average of $37.31 an hour? That's $77,615 a year! Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow 1% and produce 6,900 job opportunities across the U.S.

ScoreMine SupervisorUS Average

Salary

6.1

Avg. Salary $77,615

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability level

8.6

Growth rate 1%

Growth rate 0.3%

Diversity

3.8

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 1.06%

Asian 1.42%

Black or African American 5.44%

Hispanic or Latino 22.67%

Unknown 3.87%

White 65.53%

Gender

female 7.35%

male 92.65%

Age - 46

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 46

Stress level

8.6

Stress level is very high

7.1 - high

Complexity level

7.4

Complexity level is challenging

7 - challenging

Work life balance

4.1

Work life balance is poor

6.4 - fair

Key steps to become a mine supervisor

Explore mine supervisor education requirements

Most common mine supervisor degrees

Bachelor's

60.7 %

Associate

16.4 %

High School Diploma

9.8 %

Start to develop specific mine supervisor skills

Skills	Percentages
MSHA	25.91%
Capital Projects	17.26%
Safety Procedures	15.82%
Mine Plan	7.28%
Environmental Standards	7.02%

Complete relevant mine supervisor training and internships

Accountants spend an average of 6-12 months on post-employment, on-the-job training. New mine supervisors learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as a mine supervisor based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real mine supervisor resumes.

Research mine supervisor duties and responsibilities

Maintain compliance with all applicable MSHA and company regulatory requirements
Promote safety awareness and prevention resulting in zero MSHA citations for six consecutive inspections.
Operate bulldozer, front end loader, backhoe, excavator, articulate truck.

Apply for mine supervisor jobs

Now it's time to start searching for a mine supervisor job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

Browse job boards for relevant postings
Consult your professional network
Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
Watch out for job scams

How do mine supervisors rate their job?

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Mine supervisor reviews

A zippia user wrote a review on Dec 2019

Pros

Looking over everyone

Cons

Being responsible when ur not around.for instant u go fireboss and ur down the belt and ur miner operator riding the back of the miner to cut coal and able to see and he slips off and gets hurt .so her u come back on section to find out what happened and how it happened and boom ur responsible even though u wasnt there.

5.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Oct 2019