Salary for North Carolina

Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators

Average Salary: $50,050
Median Salary: $49,918
10th Percentile: $38,588
25th Percentile: $42,339
75th Percentile: $53,823
90th Percentile: $63,063

Data sourced from 14,910 total jobs

In the U.S.

Location	Average	10th Percentile	25th Percentile	Median	75th Percentile	90th Percentile
U.S.	$65,362	$40,425	$48,202	$56,573	$75,163	$102,366

North Carolina Metro Areas

Location	Average	10th Percentile	25th Percentile	Median	75th Percentile	90th Percentile
Wilmington, NC	$49,104	$38,555	$43,164	$48,345	$52,855	$57,750
Winston-Salem, NC	$51,139	$38,775	$41,393	$49,665	$54,318	$66,440
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$52,283	$41,228	$43,604	$51,161	$54,923	$64,119
Fayetteville, NC	$47,234	$38,412	$41,899	$43,923	$51,557	$60,610
Greenville, NC	$48,422	$38,236	$42,020	$48,631	$53,405	$58,047
Burlington, NC	$46,706	$34,958	$41,184	$44,231	$54,153	$56,397
Goldsboro, NC	$46,475	$39,072	$41,030	$43,934	$48,983	$54,054
Greensboro-High Point, NC	$49,984	$38,632	$42,768	$49,984	$53,746	$61,776
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	$47,608	$34,793	$40,920	$44,176	$52,888	$56,958
Jacksonville, NC	$51,271	$39,314	$40,964	$50,710	$56,936	$68,365
New Bern, NC	$46,266	$35,200	$39,501	$43,296	$48,092	$58,685
Raleigh, NC	$51,854	$41,052	$43,648	$51,810	$54,703	$62,546
Rocky Mount, NC	$47,388	$34,969	$40,172	$46,222	$51,612	$56,397
Asheville, NC	$49,280	$39,567	$41,701	$48,906	$52,217	$59,840
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$52,965	$40,557	$43,791	$52,107	$56,232	$64,108

North Carolina Non-metro Areas

Location	Average	10th Percentile	25th Percentile	Median	75th Percentile	90th Percentile
Southeast Coastal North Carolina	$48,180	$35,541	$40,931	$45,012	$52,195	$64,636
Northeast Coastal North Carolina	$46,409	$32,956	$39,061	$42,999	$51,535	$64,064
Piedmont North Carolina	$46,684	$35,090	$40,678	$43,692	$51,975	$59,488
Mountain North Carolina	$46,233	$34,870	$40,414	$45,760	$51,073	$61,776

U.S Apprenticeships for this trade

Directional Services, Inc

Registered Date: 04-24-2023

Address

4830 US Highway 301 S - Hope Mills, NC 28348

Construction LaborersOperating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsElectriciansElectrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers

BLUE RIDGE POWER

Registered Date: 12-01-2022

Address

1683 Middle River Loop - Fayetteville, NC 28312

Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsElectricians

Overland Contracting, Inc.

Registered Date: 11-10-2022

Address

600 N Greenfield Parkway - Garner, NC 27529

Construction LaborersOperating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsElectriciansElectrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers

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