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Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators salary in Baltimore, MD

The median operating engineers and other construction equipment operators in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD earns $60,740 a year, 1% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,945 a month.

10th percentile
$47,370
25th percentile
$49,220
Median percentile
$60,740
75th percentile
$67,600
90th percentile
$77,770

Based on 3,350 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

$47,340 take-home a year
Gross pay$60,740
Federal income tax−$5,109
Social Security + Medicare−$4,647
Maryland income tax (approx.)−$3,644
Monthly take-home$3,945
Every two weeks$1,821

Does it go far here?

$58,132Median pay in Baltimore, MD is worth this at average US prices (local price level 104.5 vs 100).
41%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,611 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Baltimore, MD

JobMedian pay
General Internal Medicine Physicians$322,890
Family Medicine Physicians$307,400
Chief Executives$268,030
Physicians, All Other$218,770
Dentists, General$172,110
Computer and Information Systems Managers$168,520
Architectural and Engineering Managers$167,350
Aerospace Engineers$166,980

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