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Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators salary in Arizona

The median operating engineers and other construction equipment operators in Arizona earns $60,620 a year, 1% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,114 a month.

10th percentile
$47,680
25th percentile
$51,200
Median percentile
$60,620
75th percentile
$65,370
90th percentile
$79,460

Based on 13,200 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$49,373 take-home a year
Gross pay$60,620
Federal income tax−$5,094
Social Security + Medicare−$4,637
Arizona income tax (approx.)−$1,516
Monthly take-home$4,114
Every two weeks$1,899

Does it go far here?

$60,212Median pay in Arizona is worth this at average US prices (local price level 100.7 vs 100).
38%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,543 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Arizona

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$312,490
Family Medicine Physicians$292,760
General Internal Medicine Physicians$259,320
Pediatricians, General$233,950
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$227,870
Dentists, General$194,180
Architectural and Engineering Managers$167,480
Computer and Information Systems Managers$166,430

All operating engineers and other construction equipment operators salaries · Take-home pay in Arizona