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Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators salary in Massachusetts

The median operating engineers and other construction equipment operators in Massachusetts earns $76,820 a year, 28% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,919 a month.

10th percentile
$52,630
25th percentile
$62,370
Median percentile
$76,820
75th percentile
$107,550
90th percentile
$125,400

Based on 9,680 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

$59,032 take-home a year
Gross pay$76,820
Federal income tax−$8,070
Social Security + Medicare−$5,877
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$3,841
Monthly take-home$4,919
Every two weeks$2,270

Does it go far here?

$72,638Median pay in Massachusetts is worth this at average US prices (local price level 105.8 vs 100).
36%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,762 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Massachusetts

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$387,150
Emergency Medicine Physicians$356,230
Nurse Anesthetists$295,550
General Internal Medicine Physicians$285,250
Family Medicine Physicians$277,490
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$272,240
Natural Sciences Managers$267,290
Physicians, All Other$236,580

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