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Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators salary in Maryland

The median operating engineers and other construction equipment operators in Maryland earns $61,410 a year, 3% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,987 a month.

10th percentile
$46,760
25th percentile
$49,430
Median percentile
$61,410
75th percentile
$70,860
90th percentile
$78,870

Based on 6,610 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

$47,838 take-home a year
Gross pay$61,410
Federal income tax−$5,189
Social Security + Medicare−$4,698
Maryland income tax (approx.)−$3,685
Monthly take-home$3,987
Every two weeks$1,840

Does it go far here?

$58,509Median pay in Maryland is worth this at average US prices (local price level 105.0 vs 100).
43%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,705 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Maryland

JobMedian pay
Emergency Medicine Physicians$451,620
Surgeons, All Other$328,700
Family Medicine Physicians$285,730
General Internal Medicine Physicians$260,410
Chief Executives$248,660
Nurse Anesthetists$223,140
Physicians, All Other$212,080
Pediatricians, General$181,640

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