Crane and Tower Operators Salary

Median Salary
$68,080
per year
Hourly Rate
$32.73
per hour
Employment
42,890
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$42,640
25th percentile
$52,600
Median
$68,080
75th percentile
$83,200
90th percentile
$103,570

💰 Crane and Tower Operators Salary by State

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$42K
$124K■ No data
StateMedianvs. National
Hawaii$124,260+82.5%
Nevada$115,840+70.2%
Rhode Island$104,340+53.3%
Washington$101,110+48.5%
New Jersey$100,640+47.8%
Massachusetts$98,150+44.2%
Alaska$92,490+35.9%
Maryland$87,950+29.2%
New York$85,850+26.1%
Oregon$83,260+22.3%
North Dakota$82,890+21.8%
Montana$82,800+21.6%
Connecticut$81,360+19.5%
Minnesota$80,930+18.9%
California$79,570+16.9%
Wyoming$77,970+14.5%
Colorado$77,120+13.3%
Kansas$77,100+13.2%
Texas$73,280+7.6%
Vermont$72,760+6.9%
Florida$71,560+5.1%
South Dakota$71,000+4.3%
Wisconsin$67,720-0.5%
Iowa$67,600-0.7%
Utah$67,410-1.0%
Arizona$67,350-1.1%
Virginia$66,600-2.2%
Maine$65,690-3.5%
Pennsylvania$65,190-4.2%
North Carolina$64,480-5.3%
South Carolina$64,120-5.8%
Oklahoma$63,590-6.6%
New Hampshire$63,310-7.0%
New Mexico$62,400-8.3%
Georgia$62,050-8.9%
Kentucky$62,000-8.9%
Illinois$61,820-9.2%
Mississippi$61,260-10.0%
Louisiana$61,170-10.1%
Alabama$60,790-10.7%
Nebraska$60,720-10.8%
Delaware$60,160-11.6%
Michigan$59,740-12.3%
Tennessee$59,410-12.7%
Missouri$58,450-14.1%
Ohio$57,620-15.4%
West Virginia$54,830-19.5%
Indiana$52,950-22.2%
Idaho$52,770-22.5%
Arkansas$41,600-38.9%

🏙️ Crane and Tower Operators Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$131,690+93.4%
Worcester, MA$122,260+79.6%
Urban Honolulu, HI$120,560+77.1%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$120,310+76.7%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$116,840+71.6%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$114,330+67.9%
Reno, NV$101,160+48.6%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$100,640+47.8%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$99,540+46.2%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$99,320+45.9%
New Haven, CT$99,130+45.6%
Reading, PA$98,860+45.2%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$98,410+44.6%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$98,140+44.2%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$97,740+43.6%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$96,510+41.8%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$92,120+35.3%
Springfield, MA$90,320+32.7%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$89,880+32.0%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$87,950+29.2%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$83,040+22.0%
Fargo, ND-MN$81,980+20.4%
Las Cruces, NM$81,830+20.2%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$81,490+19.7%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$81,280+19.4%
Kansas City, MO-KS$81,150+19.2%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$80,880+18.8%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$80,850+18.8%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$80,700+18.5%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$80,260+17.9%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$79,970+17.5%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$79,720+17.1%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$79,500+16.8%
Midland, TX$79,220+16.4%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$78,310+15.0%
Wichita, KS$78,180+14.8%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$78,140+14.8%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$78,100+14.7%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$78,080+14.7%
Casper, WY$77,830+14.3%
Lincoln, NE$77,500+13.8%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$77,490+13.8%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$77,420+13.7%
Fresno, CA$77,330+13.6%
Vallejo, CA$77,320+13.6%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$77,200+13.4%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$77,130+13.3%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$77,010+13.1%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$76,940+13.0%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$76,750+12.7%
Saginaw, MI$76,750+12.7%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$76,510+12.4%
Tulsa, OK$76,400+12.2%
Killeen-Temple, TX$76,010+11.6%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$75,760+11.3%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$75,500+10.9%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$75,360+10.7%
Odessa, TX$75,310+10.6%
Duluth, MN-WI$75,230+10.5%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$74,700+9.7%
Portland-South Portland, ME$74,650+9.7%
Corpus Christi, TX$74,200+9.0%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$74,130+8.9%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$74,040+8.8%
Green Bay, WI$73,780+8.4%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$73,710+8.3%
Rocky Mount, NC$73,420+7.8%
Greeley, CO$73,340+7.7%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$73,050+7.3%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$73,010+7.2%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$72,880+7.1%
Savannah, GA$72,660+6.7%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$72,580+6.6%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$72,520+6.5%
Lancaster, PA$72,150+6.0%
Canton-Massillon, OH$72,070+5.9%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$72,020+5.8%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$72,010+5.8%
Ogden, UT$71,950+5.7%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$71,770+5.4%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$71,400+4.9%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$70,890+4.1%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$70,840+4.1%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$69,270+1.7%
Omaha, NE-IA$68,880+1.2%
Wilmington, NC$68,670+0.9%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$68,640+0.8%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$68,460+0.6%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$68,200+0.2%
Winston-Salem, NC$67,280-1.2%
Columbus, OH$66,710-2.0%
Baton Rouge, LA$66,680-2.1%
Columbia, SC$65,870-3.2%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$65,750-3.4%
Mobile, AL$65,510-3.8%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$65,490-3.8%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$64,840-4.8%
Tucson, AZ$64,750-4.9%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$64,730-4.9%
Akron, OH$64,650-5.0%
Jacksonville, FL$64,600-5.1%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$64,520-5.2%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$64,500-5.3%
Evansville, IN$64,100-5.8%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$63,960-6.1%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$63,780-6.3%
York-Hanover, PA$63,680-6.5%
Jackson, MS$63,610-6.6%
Winchester, VA-WV$63,480-6.8%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$63,300-7.0%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$63,190-7.2%
Paducah, KY-IL$63,070-7.4%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$62,910-7.6%
El Paso, TX$62,280-8.5%
Pittsburgh, PA$61,510-9.7%
Waco, TX$61,350-9.9%
Richmond, VA$61,180-10.1%
Tallahassee, FL$61,040-10.3%
Longview, TX$60,830-10.6%
College Station-Bryan, TX$60,520-11.1%
Boise City, ID$60,440-11.2%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$60,110-11.7%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$60,010-11.9%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$59,740-12.3%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$59,430-12.7%
Jackson, TN$59,410-12.7%
Oklahoma City, OK$59,110-13.2%
Lafayette, LA$58,780-13.7%
Knoxville, TN$58,670-13.8%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$58,370-14.3%
Guam$58,140-14.6%
St. Cloud, MN$57,680-15.3%
Cleveland, OH$57,620-15.4%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$57,230-15.9%
Toledo, OH$57,020-16.2%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$56,780-16.6%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$56,300-17.3%
Anniston-Oxford, AL$56,010-17.7%
Tyler, TX$55,930-17.8%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$55,890-17.9%
Monroe, LA$55,770-18.1%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$55,000-19.2%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$54,560-19.9%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$54,300-20.2%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$54,060-20.6%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$53,600-21.3%
Roanoke, VA$52,540-22.8%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$51,450-24.4%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$50,550-25.7%
Dubuque, IA$49,720-27.0%
Monroe, MI$49,480-27.3%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$49,440-27.4%
Rockford, IL$49,400-27.4%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$48,920-28.1%
Tuscaloosa, AL$48,870-28.2%
Florence, SC$48,100-29.3%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$48,060-29.4%
Birmingham, AL$47,620-30.1%
Spartanburg, SC$47,200-30.7%
Bangor, ME$46,540-31.6%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$46,430-31.8%
St. Louis, MO-IL$46,170-32.2%
San Angelo, TX$45,950-32.5%
Decatur, AL$45,640-33.0%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$45,280-33.5%
Montgomery, AL$44,480-34.7%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$44,330-34.9%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$42,380-37.7%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.