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Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators salary in Minneapolis, MN

The median operating engineers and other construction equipment operators in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI earns $83,340 a year, 39% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,149 a month.

10th percentile
$60,100
25th percentile
$69,990
Median percentile
$83,340
75th percentile
$100,820
90th percentile
$104,250

Based on 4,270 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

$61,793 take-home a year
Gross pay$83,340
Federal income tax−$9,505
Social Security + Medicare−$6,376
Minnesota income tax (approx.)−$5,667
Monthly take-home$5,149
Every two weeks$2,377

Does it go far here?

$79,506Median pay in Minneapolis, MN is worth this at average US prices (local price level 104.8 vs 100).
28%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,440 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Minneapolis, MN

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$378,730
Emergency Medicine Physicians$367,120
General Internal Medicine Physicians$330,200
Family Medicine Physicians$283,060
Nurse Anesthetists$258,570
Pediatricians, General$226,280
Dentists, General$219,980
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$211,470

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