Logging Equipment Operators · SOC 45-4022
Logging Equipment Operators Salary in the Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Logging Equipment Operators in the Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $47,160 per year ($22.67 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $28,930 at the 10th percentile to $62,600 at the 90th. BLS estimates 150 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Logging Equipment Operators in the Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area earn more than $47,160 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $36,020 and $58,040.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $28,930 | $36,020 | $47,160 | $58,040 | $62,600 |
| Hourly | $13.91 | $17.32 | $22.67 | $27.90 | $30.10 |
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
- Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$47,160 median for Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $36,020 to $58,040
- Alabamastate$47,810 median for Alabama; middle half earns $37,390 to $59,420
- 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 −1% vs Alabama overall and −5% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Alabama
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for logging equipment operators, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan areathis page$47,160 median for Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $36,020 to $58,040
- $49,990 median for Florence metro area; middle half earns $39,530 to $59,990
- $48,600 median for Birmingham metro area; middle half earns $37,380 to $59,230
- $46,690 median for Montgomery metro area; middle half earns $36,550 to $63,020
- $46,510 median for Tuscaloosa metro area; middle half earns $36,150 to $58,020
- $45,430 median for Auburn metro area; middle half earns $35,790 to $54,590
- $45,150 median for Anniston metro area; middle half earns $39,720 to $58,410
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 Northwest Alabama 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.