SALARY · OPERATING ENGINEERS AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT OPERATORS · NEW YORK

Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators salary in New York

A job title alone does not tell you what you will earn. Place matters, sometimes by tens of thousands of dollars. In New York, operating engineers and other construction equipment operators sat at a median of $80,980 a year, which is the figure I would use first when you compare offers.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$80,980

$39 per hour at the median · That is $21,130 (35.3 percent) above the national median of $59,850 for this occupation.

$90,690Mean annual salary
$44Mean hourly wage
$14,490People employed in this job in New York

Salary range

25th: $60,540Median: $80,98075th: $112,920
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$60,540
Median (50th percentile)$80,980
75th percentile$112,920
Mean$90,690

The middle half of workers earned from $60,540 to $112,920 a year. Employment size matters too. A field with many workers in a state usually means more openings and more room to move employers without moving states. A small field can pay well but offer fewer ways in.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$62,024 a year
$5,169 a month
Federal tax $8,986 · FICA $6,195 · State tax $3,776

New York City resident tax and the Yonkers surcharge are separate and are not in this figure.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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