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Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators

SOC 47-2073 · 2024-2034

Operate one or several types of power construction equipment, such as motor graders, bulldozers, scrapers, compressors, pumps, derricks, shovels, tractors, or front-end loaders to excavate, move, and grade earth, erect structures, or pour concrete or other hard surface pavement. May repair and maintain equipment in addition to other duties.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

The job this trains for

Typical pay in California
$89,521per year
Projected openings
33,360
Projected change
+7%
Usually needs
High school diploma or equivalent

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

  1. Operation and Control
  2. Equipment Maintenance
  3. Operations Monitoring
  4. Monitoring
  5. Troubleshooting
  6. Time Management

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$121,7031,040
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$120,7942,760
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$118,8951,310
San Rafael MD (Marin County)$112,788200
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$104,1493,150
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County)$101,735550
Vallejo MSA (Solano County)$94,282510
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County)$86,243480
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$85,1722,850
Napa MSA (Napa County)$84,874210
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$84,7494,950
Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties)$84,4311,350
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$83,7212,690
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$83,340790
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)$81,744400
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$81,4774,480
Salinas MSA (Monterey County)$81,353260
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)$80,982770
Redding MSA (Shasta County)$79,850340
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)$79,5211,120
Chico MSA (Butte County)$79,243220
Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County)$77,925130
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)$76,618180
Merced MSA (Merced County)$75,063120
Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County)$75,063430
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties)$74,178680
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties)$70,647470
North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties)$70,647520
Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties)$70,647210
El Centro MSA (Imperial County)$66,221210
Visalia MSA (Tulare County)$61,486280

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

The job this trains forTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$80,77118,430+6.8%
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$48,816100,140+11.4%
Continuous Mining Machine Operators$64,4911,350+20%
Crane and Tower Operators$81,3121,960+4.8%
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$85,3821,280+7.1%

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