Agricultural Equipment Operators · SOC 45-2091
Agricultural Equipment Operators Salary in the Cedar Rapids Metro Area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Cedar Rapids, IA metro area
Figures describe the Cedar Rapids, IA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Cedar Rapids city limits.
Agricultural Equipment Operators in the Cedar Rapids, IA metro area earned a median of $44,660 per year ($21.47 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $34,170 at the 10th percentile to $62,640 at the 90th. BLS estimates 40 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Agricultural Equipment Operators in the Cedar Rapids metro area earn more than $44,660 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $38,250 and $48,100.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $34,170 | $38,250 | $44,660 | $48,100 | $62,640 |
| Hourly | $16.43 | $18.39 | $21.47 | $23.12 | $30.12 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Cedar Rapids metro areathis metro area$44,660 median for Cedar Rapids metro area; middle half earns $38,250 to $48,100
- Iowastate (IA)$47,220 median for Iowa; middle half earns $43,010 to $57,960
- United Statesnational$41,730 median for United States; middle half earns $36,810 to $48,100
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −5% vs Iowa overall and +7% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally
Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Cedar Rapids metro area has the 38th-highest published median for this occupation among the 77 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Iowa
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for agricultural equipment operators, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Cedar Rapids metro areathis page$44,660 median for Cedar Rapids metro area; middle half earns $38,250 to $48,100
- $49,990 median for Sioux City metro area; middle half earns $42,620 to $60,480
- $49,440 median for Dubuque metro area; middle half earns $39,610 to $63,380
- $47,610 median for Ames metro area; middle half earns $42,790 to $58,510
- $46,940 median for Iowa City metro area; middle half earns $35,690 to $58,000
- $46,220 median for Des Moines metro area; middle half earns $40,440 to $51,770
- $45,310 median for Davenport metro area; middle half earns $38,990 to $48,050
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for agricultural equipment operatorss · Highest-paying occupations in Cedar Rapids Metro
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.