Logging Equipment Operators · SOC 45-4022
Logging Equipment Operators Salary in the Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Logging Equipment Operators in the Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $46,970 per year ($22.58 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $31,010 at the 10th percentile to $56,160 at the 90th. BLS estimates 80 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Logging Equipment Operators in the Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area earn more than $46,970 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $39,130 and $55,320.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $31,010 | $39,130 | $46,970 | $55,320 | $56,160 |
| Hourly | $14.91 | $18.81 | $22.58 | $26.60 | $27.00 |
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
- Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$46,970 median for Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $39,130 to $55,320
- Ohiostate$50,590 median for Ohio; middle half earns $43,930 to $56,160
- 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 Ohio overall and −6% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Keep exploring
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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.