Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators

Operate one or several types of power construction equipment, such as motor graders, bulldozers, scrapers, compressors, pumps, derricks, shovels, tractors, or front-end loaders to excavate, move, and grade earth, erect structures, or pour concrete or other hard surface pavement. May repair and maintain equipment in addition to other duties.

Salary by State

State Name	Employment	Annual Salary	Hourly Salary
Alabama	9,090	$41,740	$20.07
Alaska	2,520	$68,290	$32.83
Arizona	10,690	$51,430	$24.73
Arkansas	4,550	$39,200	$18.84
California	28,600	$78,320	$37.65
Colorado	11,310	$52,380	$25.18
Connecticut	3,570	$69,570	$33.45
Delaware	1,160	$47,860	$23.01
District of Columbia	660	$58,150	$27.96
Florida	20,570	$44,250	$21.27
Georgia	12,340	$41,830	$20.11
Hawaii	1,960	$78,360	$37.68
Idaho	4,170	$48,000	$23.08
Illinois	11,530	$77,250	$37.14
Indiana	10,620	$60,760	$29.21
Iowa	6,500	$55,250	$26.56
Kansas	6,450	$46,680	$22.44
Kentucky	5,930	$51,580	$24.80
Louisiana	7,320	$46,230	$22.23
Maine	2,040	$47,220	$22.70
Maryland	5,730	$55,260	$26.57
Massachusetts	7,470	$72,850	$35.03
Michigan	10,230	$58,460	$28.10
Minnesota	7,960	$66,940	$32.18
Mississippi	3,550	$40,610	$19.53
Missouri	7,710	$61,280	$29.46
Montana	3,570	$54,320	$26.12
Nebraska	3,020	$47,190	$22.69
Nevada	4,200	$63,920	$30.73
New Hampshire	1,420	$52,150	$25.07
New Jersey	4,580	$83,230	$40.02
New Mexico	4,440	$49,990	$24.04
New York	14,290	$81,840	$39.35
North Carolina	13,610	$43,030	$20.69
North Dakota	3,410	$59,890	$28.80
Ohio	13,520	$59,770	$28.74
Oklahoma	7,130	$43,940	$21.12
Oregon	4,480	$61,840	$29.73
Pennsylvania	22,130	$54,950	$26.42
Rhode Island	640	$63,010	$30.30
South Carolina	7,230	$42,060	$20.22
South Dakota	2,110	$48,460	$23.30
Tennessee	6,750	$42,960	$20.66
Texas	39,020	$45,430	$21.84
Utah	4,700	$51,500	$24.76
Vermont	1,000	$48,140	$23.14
Virginia	10,950	$47,690	$22.93
Washington	9,250	$74,600	$35.87
West Virginia	6,570	$50,000	$24.04
Wisconsin	8,750	$65,320	$31.40
Wyoming	3,790	$62,300	$29.95

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.