Pay distribution $35,690 10th $41,910 25th $55,670 75th $62,670 90th
Half of Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators in the Tyler metro area earn more than $46,670 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $41,910 and $55,670.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $35,690 $41,910 $46,670 $55,670 $62,670 Hourly $17.16 $20.15 $22.44 $26.77 $30.13
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 Tyler metro areathis metro area
$46,670 median for Tyler metro area; middle half earns $41,910 to $55,670
$50,460 median for Texas; middle half earns $46,120 to $59,990
$59,850 median for United States; middle half earns $48,680 to $77,170
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −8% vs Texas overall and −22% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $27,770 $60,177 $92,583 $124,990 Ponce, PR — $27,770 Aguadilla, PR — $28,440 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $29,810 Mayaguez, PR — $30,970 Arecibo, PR — $31,360 Rome, GA — $36,400 Gadsden, AL — $36,910 Hot Springs, AR — $37,760 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $39,200 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $40,190 Dalton, GA — $40,860 Valdosta, GA — $41,500 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $41,820 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $42,020 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $44,300 Alexandria, LA — $44,570 Montgomery, AL — $44,860 Albany, GA — $45,460 Jonesboro, AR — $45,590 El Paso, TX — $45,630 Homosassa Springs, FL — $45,650 Monroe, LA — $46,000 Lawton, OK — $46,030 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $46,060 Laredo, TX — $46,100 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $46,290 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $46,300 Columbus, GA-AL — $46,430 Lubbock, TX — $46,490 Ocala, FL — $46,500 Tallahassee, FL — $46,530 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $46,600 Tyler, TX — $46,670 Sebring, FL — $46,760 Texarkana, TX-AR — $46,800 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $46,850 Eagle Pass, TX — $46,920 Jacksonville, NC — $46,930 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $46,950 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $47,000 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $47,000 Hattiesburg, MS — $47,030 Dothan, AL — $47,120 Goldsboro, NC — $47,180 Jackson, TN — $47,240 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $47,340 Jackson, MS — $47,340 Mobile, AL — $47,400 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $47,450 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $47,450 Hinesville, GA — $47,510 Victoria, TX — $47,520 Johnson City, TN — $47,560 Killeen-Temple, TX — $47,590 Winston-Salem, NC — $47,590 Tuscaloosa, AL — $47,710 Waco, TX — $47,730 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $47,860 Wichita Falls, TX — $47,860 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $47,900 Wilmington, NC — $47,910 Greenville, NC — $47,940 Asheville, NC — $47,970 College Station-Bryan, TX — $47,980 Florence, SC — $48,000 Longview, TX — $48,030 Warner Robins, GA — $48,110 San Angelo, TX — $48,120 Morristown, TN — $48,170 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $48,190 Gainesville, FL — $48,190 Cleveland, TN — $48,210 Corpus Christi, TX — $48,320 Gainesville, GA — $48,350 Fayetteville, NC — $48,390 Columbia, SC — $48,410 Tulsa, OK — $48,420 Port St. Lucie, FL — $48,600 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $48,620 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $48,640 Rocky Mount, NC — $48,640 Knoxville, TN — $48,690 Oklahoma City, OK — $48,690 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $48,700 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $48,750 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $48,750 Savannah, GA — $48,810 Amarillo, TX — $48,850 Dover, DE — $48,860 Punta Gorda, FL — $48,860 Las Cruces, NM — $48,890 Jacksonville, FL — $48,920 Spartanburg, SC — $48,940 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $48,980 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $48,990 Roanoke, VA — $49,010 Enid, OK — $49,050 Huntsville, AL — $49,110 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $49,140 Lake Charles, LA — $49,270 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $49,310 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $49,330 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $49,430 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $49,460 Decatur, AL — $49,470 Abilene, TX — $49,500 Owensboro, KY — $49,550 Harrisonburg, VA — $49,670 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $49,710 Lafayette, LA — $49,800 Hammond, LA — $49,870 Wichita, KS — $49,930 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $50,030 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $50,090 Lynchburg, VA — $50,100 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $50,210 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $50,300 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $50,320 Sumter, SC — $50,340 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $50,470 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $50,580 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $50,640 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $50,740 Altoona, PA — $50,790 Winchester, VA-WV — $50,790 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $50,800 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $50,820 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $50,870 Williamsport, PA — $50,890 Clarksville, TN-KY — $50,910 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $50,960 Elizabethtown, KY — $50,960 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $51,000 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $51,020 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $51,040 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $51,040 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $51,110 Albuquerque, NM — $51,160 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $51,290 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $51,370 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $51,550 Burlington, NC — $51,570 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $51,800 Johnstown, PA — $51,830 Bangor, ME — $52,000 Santa Fe, NM — $52,000 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $52,060 Twin Falls, ID — $52,080 Gettysburg, PA — $52,960 Morgantown, WV — $52,970 Joplin, MO-KS — $53,210 Springfield, MO — $53,340 Sherman-Denison, TX — $53,380 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $53,870 Yuma, AZ — $54,270 Birmingham, AL — $54,330 Ithaca, NY — $54,820 Casper, WY — $54,870 Grand Island, NE — $55,020 Farmington, NM — $55,180 Richmond, VA — $55,280 Odessa, TX — $55,430 Salisbury, MD — $55,480 Lebanon, PA — $55,750 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $55,960 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $56,030 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $56,140 Topeka, KS — $56,760 Columbia, MO — $56,770 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $56,850 Logan, UT-ID — $56,980 Springfield, OH — $57,230 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $57,320 Charleston, WV — $57,640 Grand Junction, CO — $57,700 Midland, TX — $57,900 St. George, UT — $57,900 Cheyenne, WY — $57,970 Erie, PA — $58,030 Manhattan, KS — $58,080 Tucson, AZ — $58,100 Baton Rouge, LA — $58,210 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $58,240 Wheeling, WV-OH — $58,250 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $58,420 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $58,560 Flagstaff, AZ — $58,720 Chambersburg, PA — $58,800 Lima, OH — $58,860 Paducah, KY-IL — $59,000 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $59,140 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $59,210 Pocatello, ID — $59,250 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $59,330 Portland-South Portland, ME — $59,530 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $59,660 Niles, MI — $59,670 Beckley, WV — $59,700 Charlottesville, VA — $59,790 Saginaw, MI — $59,830 Jackson, MI — $59,860 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $59,880 Muncie, IN — $59,910 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $60,000 Canton-Massillon, OH — $60,010 Omaha, NE-IA — $60,020 Glens Falls, NY — $60,030 Lawrence, KS — $60,080 Bowling Green, KY — $60,180 Ogden, UT — $60,250 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $60,370 Sandusky, OH — $60,380 Iowa City, IA — $60,530 Visalia, CA — $60,530 State College, PA — $60,540 Rapid City, SD — $60,660 Greeley, CO — $60,690 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $60,740 Lincoln, NE — $60,810 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $60,830 Monroe, MI — $60,910 Boise City, ID — $60,930 Lexington Park, MD — $60,930 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $60,960 Binghamton, NY — $61,000 Pueblo, CO — $61,130 Traverse City, MI — $61,200 Lewiston, ID-WA — $61,290 Lancaster, PA — $61,340 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $61,390 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $61,480 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $61,520 Terre Haute, IN — $61,630 Colorado Springs, CO — $61,660 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $61,660 Fargo, ND-MN — $61,690 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $61,710 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $61,730 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $61,750 Corvallis, OR — $61,780 York-Hanover, PA — $61,870 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $61,890 Billings, MT — $61,990 Great Falls, MT — $62,090 Bloomington, IN — $62,120 Bismarck, ND — $62,150 Dubuque, IA — $62,250 Utica-Rome, NY — $62,270 Reading, PA — $62,290 Pittsburgh, PA — $62,320 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $62,340 Ames, IA — $62,400 Medford, OR — $62,410 Ann Arbor, MI — $62,490 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $62,540 Helena, MT — $62,570 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $62,610 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $62,820 Minot, ND — $62,990 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $63,050 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $63,050 Cedar Rapids, IA — $63,310 Syracuse, NY — $63,810 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $63,850 Idaho Falls, ID — $63,910 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $63,910 Akron, OH — $63,920 Grants Pass, OR — $63,920 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $64,050 Missoula, MT — $64,050 Kansas City, MO-KS — $64,060 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $64,080 Longview-Kelso, WA — $64,150 Sheboygan, WI — $64,290 Toledo, OH — $64,380 Pittsfield, MA — $64,460 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $64,540 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $64,650 Carson City, NV — $64,820 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $64,850 Columbus, IN — $64,970 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $65,390 Midland, MI — $65,710 Rochester, NY — $65,720 Elmira, NY — $65,760 Mansfield, OH — $66,100 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $66,320 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $66,810 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $66,830 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $66,850 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $66,950 Bend, OR — $67,520 Walla Walla, WA — $67,750 Albany, OR — $68,080 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $68,130 Bozeman, MT — $68,160 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $69,800 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $69,900 Kingston, NY — $70,370 El Centro, CA — $70,830 Boulder, CO — $71,060 Jefferson City, MO — $71,140 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $71,430 Fond du Lac, WI — $71,560 Cleveland, OH — $71,740 Yakima, WA — $71,810 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $72,240 Barnstable Town, MA — $72,920 Springfield, MA — $73,070 Kenosha, WI — $73,190 Reno, NV — $73,260 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $73,650 Salem, OR — $74,270 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $74,360 Merced, CA — $74,800 Duluth, MN-WI — $75,040 Flint, MI — $75,140 Bay City, MI — $75,310 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $75,640 Eau Claire, WI — $75,970 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $76,240 Green Bay, WI — $76,290 Anchorage, AK — $76,520 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $76,740 Vineland, NJ — $76,740 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $76,940 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $77,020 Worcester, MA — $77,050 Redding, CA — $77,090 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $77,420 Fort Wayne, IN — $77,450 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $77,780 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $77,960 Battle Creek, MI — $78,020 Fresno, CA — $78,310 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $78,330 Mankato, MN — $78,560 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $78,720 Columbus, OH — $78,950 Chico, CA — $79,040 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $79,040 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $79,340 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $79,430 St. Cloud, MN — $79,530 Rochester, MN — $79,580 New Haven, CT — $79,840 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $79,850 Salinas, CA — $80,320 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $80,460 Yuba City, CA — $80,620 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $81,500 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $82,190 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $82,250 Kokomo, IN — $82,270 St. Louis, MO-IL — $82,270 Fairbanks-College, AK — $82,390 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $82,540 Appleton, WI — $83,010 Madison, WI — $83,060 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $83,290 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $83,340 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $83,460 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $83,670 Evansville, IN — $84,500 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $85,390 Peoria, IL — $86,440 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $89,460 Napa, CA — $90,060 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $90,320 Modesto, CA — $90,560 Wausau, WI — $90,900 Bellingham, WA — $91,510 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $91,650 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $92,890 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $92,900 Kankakee, IL — $94,270 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $95,050 Vallejo, CA — $95,100 Springfield, IL — $95,310 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $95,750 Bloomington, IL — $96,250 Rockford, IL — $97,250 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $97,770 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $98,120 Decatur, IL — $100,520 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $103,060 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $103,100 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $105,080 Urban Honolulu, HI — $117,630 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $124,340 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $124,750 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $124,990 Tyler metro area 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 Tyler metro area has the 360th-highest published median for this occupation among the 392 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 Texas Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for operating engineers and other construction equipment operators, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Tyler metro areathis page
$46,670 median for Tyler metro area; middle half earns $41,910 to $55,670
$57,900 median for Midland metro area; middle half earns $49,720 to $62,600
$56,850 median for Beaumont metro area; middle half earns $46,660 to $60,850
$55,430 median for Odessa metro area; middle half earns $48,110 to $61,640
$53,380 median for Sherman metro area; middle half earns $43,930 to $62,380
$51,370 median for Dallas metro area; middle half earns $47,730 to $60,400
$51,040 median for Houston metro area; middle half earns $46,810 to $61,900
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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 .