SALARY · OPERATING ENGINEERS AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT OPERATORS · VERMONT

Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators salary in Vermont

Salary talk gets noisy fast, so I try to keep it plain. In Vermont, operating engineers and other construction equipment operators earned a median of $58,870 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

$58,870

$28 per hour at the median · That is $980 (1.6 percent) below the national median of $59,850 for this occupation.

$60,310Mean annual salary
$29Mean hourly wage
$1,280People employed in this job in Vermont

Salary range

25th: $52,760Median: $58,87075th: $63,680
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$52,760
Median (50th percentile)$58,870
75th percentile$63,680
Mean$60,310

The middle half of workers earned from $52,760 to $63,680 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 PAY BEFORE STATE TAX

$49,482 a year
$4,124 a month
Federal tax $4,884 · FICA $4,504

State tax is not in this figure. State tax for Vermont is not included, because the full 2026 state table for Vermont has not been verified in this build. Treat this figure as before state tax, not as a final take-home 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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