SALARY · OPERATING ENGINEERS AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT OPERATORS · OHIO

Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators salary in Ohio

Salary talk gets noisy fast, so I try to keep it plain. In Ohio, operating engineers and other construction equipment operators earned a median of $64,940 a year. From there, this page walks through the range, the hourly rate, how many people do the job here, and what stays in your pocket after federal tax and FICA.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$64,940

$31 per hour at the median · That is $5,090 (8.5 percent) above the national median of $59,850 for this occupation.

$71,830Mean annual salary
$35Mean hourly wage
$16,920People employed in this job in Ohio

Salary range

25th: $54,430Median: $64,94075th: $92,930
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$54,430
Median (50th percentile)$64,940
75th percentile$92,930
Mean$71,830

The middle half of workers earned from $54,430 to $92,930 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

$53,017 a year
$4,418 a month
Federal tax $5,613 · FICA $4,968 · State tax $1,342

Caveat: the Ohio Department of Taxation 2026 IT 1040 instructions booklet was not retrieved. Verification rests on enacted law plus the Legislative Service Commission tax year 2026 table, not on a Department booklet.

Ohio municipal income taxes and school district taxes are separate, location specific, 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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