HUNTER coalminers are earning about $2260 a week before overtime according to the latest official figures.
Coal Services Australia says the average weekly earnings at all Hunter coalmines was $2258 in the three months to July last year, the most recent figures available.
That equates to annual income of about $117,400 a year.
Mining official Greg Sharp said many mineworkers would earn less and some would earn more.
At its Tahmoor mine south of Sydney, Xstrata says it is offering workers a 37 per cent increase from an average of $92,500 to $127,000 by 2014.
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