Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators · SOC 47-2071
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators Salary in the North Florida nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025North Florida nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the North Florida nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators in the North Florida nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $46,830 per year ($22.51 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $37,480 at the 10th percentile to $57,010 at the 90th. BLS estimates 150 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators in the North Florida nonmetropolitan area earn more than $46,830 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $40,800 and $46,860.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $37,480 | $40,800 | $46,830 | $46,860 | $57,010 |
| Hourly | $18.02 | $19.61 | $22.51 | $22.53 | $27.41 |
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 Florida nonmetropolitan area$46,830 median for North Florida nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $40,800 to $46,860
- Floridastate$46,840 median for Florida; middle half earns $40,140 to $51,950
- United Statesnational$53,340 median for United States; middle half earns $45,610 to $64,720
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is about the same vs Florida overall and −12% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Florida
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- North Florida nonmetropolitan areathis page$46,830 median for North Florida nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $40,800 to $46,860
- $49,850 median for Deltona metro area; middle half earns $43,350 to $51,950
- $49,110 median for Naples metro area; middle half earns $40,440 to $50,890
- $48,370 median for North Port metro area; middle half earns $42,660 to $52,270
- $47,730 median for Cape Coral metro area; middle half earns $43,490 to $59,380
- $47,610 median for Wildwood metro area; middle half earns $40,280 to $51,540
- $47,390 median for Orlando metro area; middle half earns $39,090 to $54,980
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 paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operatorss · Highest-paying occupations in North Florida 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.