53 Series · SOC 53-7021

Crane and Tower Operators

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$66,370

per year

Median Hourly

$31.91/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$71,560

average

Employment

42,000

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$41,670$50,970$66,370$81,630$102,400
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$20.03$24.50$31.91$39.24$49.23
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$41,670

25th Percentile

$50,970

Median

$66,370

75th Percentile

$81,630

90th Percentile

$102,400

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Nevada $129,930 +96% above national
2 Hawaii $115,870 +75% above national
3 Oregon $110,280 +66% above national
4 New York $110,000 +66% above national
5 District of Columbia $106,150 +60% above national
6 Washington $96,870 +46% above national
7 Montana $91,520 +38% above national
8 New Jersey $88,470 +33% above national
9 Connecticut $86,830 +31% above national
10 Alaska $80,900 +22% above national
11 Michigan $77,110 +16% above national
12 Massachusetts $76,640 +15% above national
13 Wyoming $76,110 +15% above national
14 North Dakota $74,880 +13% above national
15 Colorado $74,140 +12% above national
16 Vermont $73,840 +11% above national
17 Idaho $73,480 +11% above national
18 Texas $72,870 +10% above national
19 Oklahoma $71,500 +8% above national
20 South Dakota $70,400 +6% above national
21 Florida $70,130 +6% above national
22 California $69,970 +5% above national
23 Utah $69,020 +4% above national
24 Wisconsin $68,310 +3% above national
25 Arizona $67,960 +2% above national
26 Minnesota $67,320 +1% above national
27 Georgia $67,230 +1% above national
28 Maryland $66,800 +1% above national
29 Nebraska $66,800 +1% above national
30 Virginia $65,400 1% below national
31 Kansas $64,430 3% below national
32 New Hampshire $63,410 4% below national
33 Delaware $62,820 5% below national
34 Mississippi $62,510 6% below national
35 Ohio $62,460 6% below national
36 North Carolina $62,060 6% below national
37 Maine $61,320 8% below national
38 Louisiana $61,130 8% below national
39 New Mexico $60,950 8% below national
40 Guam $59,680 10% below national
41 Indiana $57,890 13% below national
42 Pennsylvania $57,760 13% below national
43 Tennessee $56,530 15% below national
44 Iowa $55,620 16% below national
45 South Carolina $55,410 17% below national
46 Kentucky $55,100 17% below national
47 West Virginia $54,650 18% below national
48 Illinois $53,240 20% below national
49 Alabama $47,620 28% below national
50 Missouri $46,580 30% below national
51 Arkansas $42,170 36% below national
52 Puerto Rico $31,620 52% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Worcester, MA $133,820 +102% above national
2 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $132,560 +100% above national
3 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $118,720 +79% above national
4 Urban Honolulu, HI $115,860 +75% above national
5 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA $113,700 +71% above national
6 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $110,280 +66% above national
7 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $106,010 +60% above national
8 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $104,480 +57% above national
9 New Haven, CT $104,380 +57% above national
10 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $102,260 +54% above national
11 Kennewick-Richland, WA $101,980 +54% above national
12 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $94,370 +42% above national
13 Syracuse, NY $91,590 +38% above national
14 Columbus, OH $90,090 +36% above national
15 Reno, NV $87,360 +32% above national
16 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $86,600 +30% above national
17 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $84,640 +28% above national
18 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $84,470 +27% above national
19 Fargo, ND-MN $82,370 +24% above national
20 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $81,110 +22% above national
21 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $80,900 +22% above national
22 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $80,440 +21% above national
23 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $80,250 +21% above national
24 Midland, TX $79,510 +20% above national
25 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $79,440 +20% above national
26 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $79,430 +20% above national
27 Raleigh-Cary, NC $79,280 +19% above national
28 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $78,360 +18% above national
29 Casper, WY $77,650 +17% above national
30 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $77,270 +16% above national
31 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $77,230 +16% above national
32 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $77,210 +16% above national
33 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $77,110 +16% above national
34 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $77,110 +16% above national
35 Wichita, KS $76,750 +16% above national
36 Terre Haute, IN $75,990 +14% above national
37 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $75,980 +14% above national
38 Baton Rouge, LA $75,960 +14% above national
39 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $75,830 +14% above national
40 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $75,760 +14% above national
41 Port St. Lucie, FL $75,700 +14% above national
42 Wilmington, NC $75,700 +14% above national
43 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $75,450 +14% above national
44 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $75,300 +13% above national
45 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $75,240 +13% above national
46 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $75,090 +13% above national
47 Eugene-Springfield, OR $74,890 +13% above national
48 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $74,570 +12% above national
49 Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $74,550 +12% above national
50 Vallejo, CA $74,230 +12% above national
51 West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $73,920 +11% above national
52 Arizona nonmetropolitan area $73,900 +11% above national
53 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $73,880 +11% above national
54 Duluth, MN-WI $73,870 +11% above national
55 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $73,840 +11% above national
56 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $73,830 +11% above national
57 Greeley, CO $73,640 +11% above national
58 Boise City, ID $73,480 +11% above national
59 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $73,350 +11% above national
60 Oklahoma City, OK $73,320 +10% above national
61 Portland-South Portland, ME $73,310 +10% above national
62 Corpus Christi, TX $72,870 +10% above national
63 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $72,630 +9% above national
64 Kansas City, MO-KS $72,260 +9% above national
65 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $72,110 +9% above national
66 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $71,890 +8% above national
67 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $71,570 +8% above national
68 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $71,410 +8% above national
69 Savannah, GA $71,360 +8% above national
70 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $71,360 +8% above national
71 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $71,300 +7% above national
72 Omaha, NE-IA $70,420 +6% above national
73 Fresno, CA $70,200 +6% above national
74 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $69,970 +5% above national
75 Tulsa, OK $69,930 +5% above national
76 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $69,830 +5% above national
77 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $69,510 +5% above national
78 Madison, WI $69,000 +4% above national
79 Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $68,090 +3% above national
80 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $67,960 +2% above national
81 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $67,780 +2% above national
82 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $67,410 +2% above national
83 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $67,230 +1% above national
84 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $66,800 +1% above national
85 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $66,580 same as national
86 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $66,560 same as national
87 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA $66,330 same as national
88 Longview, TX $66,270 same as national
89 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $66,170 same as national
90 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $65,960 1% below national
91 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $65,840 1% below national
92 Ogden, UT $65,750 1% below national
93 Utica-Rome, NY $65,540 1% below national
94 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $65,430 1% below national
95 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $65,330 2% below national
96 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $65,150 2% below national
97 Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $65,120 2% below national
98 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $65,000 2% below national
99 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $64,720 2% below national
100 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $64,530 3% below national
101 Winston-Salem, NC $64,100 3% below national
102 Jackson, MS $63,730 4% below national
103 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $63,590 4% below national
104 Amarillo, TX $63,550 4% below national
105 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $63,360 5% below national
106 Tucson, AZ $63,190 5% below national
107 Evansville, IN $62,940 5% below national
108 Cedar Rapids, IA $62,640 6% below national
109 North Florida nonmetropolitan area $62,520 6% below national
110 Cleveland, OH $62,460 6% below national
111 Lancaster, PA $62,460 6% below national
112 Toledo, OH $62,440 6% below national
113 Rocky Mount, NC $62,400 6% below national
114 Winchester, VA-WV $61,940 7% below national
115 York-Hanover, PA $61,860 7% below national
116 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $61,830 7% below national
117 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $61,780 7% below national
118 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $61,770 7% below national
119 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $61,620 7% below national
120 Odessa, TX $61,380 8% below national
121 Canton-Massillon, OH $61,370 8% below national
122 Waco, TX $61,210 8% below national
123 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $60,940 8% below national
124 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $60,330 9% below national
125 Jacksonville, FL $60,280 9% below national
126 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $60,100 9% below national
127 Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $60,030 10% below national
128 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $59,970 10% below national
129 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $59,920 10% below national
130 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $59,920 10% below national
131 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $59,700 10% below national
132 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $59,690 10% below national
133 Janesville-Beloit, WI $59,370 11% below national
134 Lafayette, LA $59,280 11% below national
135 Stockton-Lodi, CA $59,240 11% below national
136 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $59,220 11% below national
137 Greensboro-High Point, NC $59,010 11% below national
138 Akron, OH $58,710 12% below national
139 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $58,660 12% below national
140 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA $58,620 12% below national
141 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $58,590 12% below national
142 Wheeling, WV-OH $58,030 13% below national
143 El Paso, TX $58,000 13% below national
144 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $57,890 13% below national
145 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $57,820 13% below national
146 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $57,740 13% below national
147 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $57,220 14% below national
148 Knoxville, TN $57,160 14% below national
149 Roanoke, VA $56,990 14% below national
150 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $56,840 14% below national
151 Pittsburgh, PA $56,830 14% below national
152 Jackson, TN $56,530 15% below national
153 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $56,440 15% below national
154 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $56,410 15% below national
155 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $56,210 15% below national
156 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $56,200 15% below national
157 Reading, PA $55,760 16% below national
158 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $55,300 17% below national
159 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $55,280 17% below national
160 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $55,070 17% below national
161 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $54,650 18% below national
162 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $54,600 18% below national
163 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $54,570 18% below national
164 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $54,550 18% below national
165 Lexington-Fayette, KY $54,510 18% below national
166 Richmond, VA $54,240 18% below national
167 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $54,170 18% below national
168 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $54,120 18% below national
169 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $54,090 19% below national
170 Peoria, IL $54,080 19% below national
171 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $53,970 19% below national
172 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA $53,930 19% below national
173 Columbia, SC $53,790 19% below national
174 Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $53,630 19% below national
175 Fort Smith, AR-OK $53,340 20% below national
176 Youngstown-Warren, OH $52,840 20% below national
177 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $52,640 21% below national
178 Monroe, MI $52,540 21% below national
179 Mobile, AL $52,480 21% below national
180 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $52,050 22% below national
181 Tyler, TX $52,000 22% below national
182 Elkhart-Goshen, IN $51,700 22% below national
183 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $51,360 23% below national
184 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $51,140 23% below national
185 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $50,830 23% below national
186 Lynchburg, VA $50,060 25% below national
187 Bangor, ME $49,920 25% below national
188 Dubuque, IA $49,560 25% below national
189 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $49,530 25% below national
190 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $49,350 26% below national
191 Spartanburg, SC $49,290 26% below national
192 Tuscaloosa, AL $48,780 27% below national
193 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $48,650 27% below national
194 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $48,330 27% below national
195 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $47,550 28% below national
196 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $47,480 28% below national
197 East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $47,460 28% below national
198 Montgomery, AL $47,400 29% below national
199 Huntsville, AL $47,190 29% below national
200 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $46,850 29% below national
201 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $46,410 30% below national
202 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $46,410 30% below national
203 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $46,210 30% below national
204 West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $45,780 31% below national
205 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $45,770 31% below national
206 Rockford, IL $45,750 31% below national
207 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $45,500 31% below national
208 Chattanooga, TN-GA $45,410 32% below national
209 St. Louis, MO-IL $45,360 32% below national
210 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $45,090 32% below national
211 Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $45,020 32% below national
212 Birmingham, AL $44,860 32% below national
213 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $44,610 33% below national
214 Decatur, AL $44,530 33% below national
215 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $44,030 34% below national
216 Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $43,250 35% below national
217 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $41,580 37% below national
218 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $41,240 38% below national
219 Florence, SC $39,480 41% below national
220 Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $38,190 42% below national
221 East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $35,580 46% below national
222 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $34,170 49% below national

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024. Data reflects cross-industry estimates for all ownership types.