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Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators salary in Indiana

The median operating engineers and other construction equipment operators in Indiana earns $79,580 a year, 33% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,202 a month.

10th percentile
$47,630
25th percentile
$58,240
Median percentile
$79,580
75th percentile
$93,300
90th percentile
$98,850

Based on 11,520 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

$62,427 take-home a year
Gross pay$79,580
Federal income tax−$8,678
Social Security + Medicare−$6,088
Indiana income tax (approx.)−$2,387
Monthly take-home$5,202
Every two weeks$2,401

Does it go far here?

$85,268Median pay in Indiana is worth this at average US prices (local price level 93.3 vs 100).
20%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,062 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Indiana

JobMedian pay
Radiologists$430,640
Anesthesiologists$394,060
Physicians, All Other$366,190
Emergency Medicine Physicians$347,060
General Internal Medicine Physicians$314,390
Family Medicine Physicians$261,940
Chief Executives$254,180
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates$183,000

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