Logging Equipment Operators · SOC 45-4022
Logging Equipment Operators Salary in the North Georgia nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025North Georgia nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Logging Equipment Operators in the North Georgia nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $48,320 per year ($23.23 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $33,360 at the 10th percentile to $77,690 at the 90th. BLS estimates 120 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Logging Equipment Operators in the North Georgia nonmetropolitan area earn more than $48,320 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $37,340 and $64,430.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $33,360 | $37,340 | $48,320 | $64,430 | $77,690 |
| Hourly | $16.04 | $17.95 | $23.23 | $30.97 | $37.35 |
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
- North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$48,320 median for North Georgia nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $37,340 to $64,430
- Georgiastate$45,080 median for Georgia; middle half earns $37,280 to $60,540
- United Statesnational$49,740 median for United States; middle half earns $43,970 to $61,050
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +7% vs Georgia overall and −3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Georgia
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for logging equipment operators, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- North Georgia nonmetropolitan areathis page$48,320 median for North Georgia nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $37,340 to $64,430
- $50,060 median for Brunswick metro area; middle half earns $43,960 to $58,620
- $46,760 median for Columbus metro area; middle half earns $39,710 to $64,730
- $46,260 median for Augusta metro area; middle half earns $35,760 to $50,340
- $45,490 median for Macon metro area; middle half earns $37,370 to $61,520
- $45,490 median for Valdosta metro area; middle half earns $31,700 to $63,090
- $39,020 median for Atlanta metro area; middle half earns $37,280 to $50,200
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 logging equipment operatorss · Highest-paying occupations in North Georgia nonmetropolitan area
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.