Crane and Tower Operators

Operate mechanical boom and cable or tower and cable equipment to lift and move materials, machines, or products in many directions.

Salary by State

State Name	Employment	Annual Salary	Hourly Salary
Alabama	1,040	$48,460	$23.30
Alaska	120	$62,220	$29.91
Arizona	200	$64,430	$30.97
Arkansas	500	$49,280	$23.69
California	3,710	$81,070	$38.97
Colorado	820	$70,800	$34.04
Connecticut	210	$64,820	$31.16
Delaware	220	$56,500	$27.16
District of Columbia	50	$82,820	$39.82
Florida	3,100	$62,610	$30.10
Georgia	820	$50,600	$24.33
Hawaii	90	$92,660	$44.55
Idaho	90	$62,650	$30.12
Illinois	980	$66,260	$31.85
Indiana	2,120	$57,810	$27.79
Iowa	330	$58,280	$28.02
Kansas	390	$53,330	$25.64
Kentucky	580	$53,410	$25.68
Louisiana	2,090	$56,440	$27.14
Maine	340	$57,650	$27.72
Maryland	710	$63,880	$30.71
Massachusetts	630	$67,020	$32.22
Michigan	910	$54,960	$26.43
Minnesota	280	$71,670	$34.46
Mississippi	450	$50,720	$24.38
Missouri	900	$72,220	$34.72
Montana	130	$63,120	$30.35
Nebraska	340	$53,010	$25.48
Nevada	440	$96,650	$46.47
New Hampshire	80	$60,300	$28.99
New Jersey	1,110	$102,840	$49.44
New Mexico	180	$71,120	$34.19
New York	980	$125,450	$60.31
North Carolina	980	$57,170	$27.49
North Dakota	300	$81,790	$39.32
Ohio	1,960	$57,610	$27.70
Oklahoma	800	$57,830	$27.80
Oregon	200	$70,360	$33.83
Pennsylvania	2,040	$59,970	$28.83
South Carolina	620	$57,320	$27.56
South Dakota	80	$59,550	$28.63
Tennessee	750	$53,290	$25.62
Texas	7,110	$61,890	$29.76
Utah	420	$56,780	$27.30
Vermont	70	$61,210	$29.43
Virginia	1,270	$63,420	$30.49
Washington	740	$83,950	$40.36
West Virginia	420	$49,650	$23.87
Wisconsin	610	$63,710	$30.63
Wyoming	80	$74,060	$35.61

Education

The programs listed below are typically the education paths that can land you this kind of job.

A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to operate and maintain a variety of heavy equipment, such as a crawler tractors, motor graders and scrapers, shovels, rigging devices, hoists, and jacks. Includes instruction in digging, ditching, sloping, stripping, grading, and backfiling, clearing and excavating.