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Logging Equipment Operators · SOC 45-4022

Logging Equipment Operators Salary in the Salem Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Salem, OR metro area

Figures describe the Salem, OR metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Salem city limits.

Median annual wage$62,740
Median hourly wage$30.16

Logging Equipment Operators in the Salem, OR metro area earned a median of $62,740 per year ($30.16 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $50,700 at the 10th percentile to $81,750 at the 90th. BLS estimates 100 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Logging Equipment Operators in the Salem metro area earn more than $62,740 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $60,900 and $74,140.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$50,700$60,900$62,740$74,140$81,750
Hourly$24.38$29.28$30.16$35.64$39.30

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.

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How this area compares

  • Salem metro areathis metro area
    $62,740
  • Oregonstate (OR)
    $58,720
  • United Statesnational
    $49,740

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +7% vs Oregon overall and +26% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$35,030$49,123$63,217$77,310Savannah, GA — $35,030Dothan, AL — $37,610Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $39,020Bangor, ME — $44,060Anniston-Oxford, AL — $45,150Auburn-Opelika, AL — $45,430Macon-Bibb County, GA — $45,490Valdosta, GA — $45,490Richmond, VA — $45,500Greensboro-High Point, NC — $46,060Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $46,260Tuscaloosa, AL — $46,510Montgomery, AL — $46,690Columbus, GA-AL — $46,760Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $47,170Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $47,350Portland-South Portland, ME — $47,470Eau Claire, WI — $47,500Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $47,990Birmingham, AL — $48,600Florence, SC — $48,770Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $48,890Boise City, ID — $49,120Columbia, SC — $49,350Jackson, MS — $49,580Raleigh-Cary, NC — $49,870Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $49,990Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $50,060Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $50,370Jacksonville, FL — $50,450Hattiesburg, MS — $51,260Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $51,270Bend, OR — $51,660Coeur d'Alene, ID — $51,690Albany, OR — $57,700Eugene-Springfield, OR — $58,170Medford, OR — $58,270Duluth, MN-WI — $59,130Corvallis, OR — $59,290Alexandria, LA — $60,410Redding, CA — $60,600Salem, OR — $62,740Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $63,580Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $64,520Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $71,620Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $74,790Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $75,140Longview-Kelso, WA — $76,980Bellingham, WA — $77,310

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 Salem metro area has the 8th-highest published median for this occupation among the 49 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 Oregon

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for logging equipment operators, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Salem metro areathis page
    $62,740
  • Portland metro area
    $64,520
  • Corvallis metro area
    $59,290
  • Medford metro area
    $58,270
  • Eugene metro area
    $58,170
  • Albany metro area
    $57,700
  • Bend metro area
    $51,660

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:

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse$33,450First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers$49,740Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products$38,550Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals$41,400Logging Workers, All Other$55,790Agricultural Equipment Operators$40,120

Highest-paying metro areas for logging equipment operatorss · Highest-paying occupations in Salem 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.