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Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators salary in Mount Vernon, WA

The median operating engineers and other construction equipment operators in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA earns $85,390 a year, 43% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,742 a month.

10th percentile
$60,990
25th percentile
$66,220
Median percentile
$85,390
75th percentile
$119,950
90th percentile
$124,370

Based on 180 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

$68,902 take-home a year
Gross pay$85,390
Federal income tax−$9,956
Social Security + Medicare−$6,532
Washington income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$5,742
Every two weeks$2,650

Does it go far here?

$83,354Median pay in Mount Vernon, WA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 102.4 vs 100).
27%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,536 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Mount Vernon, WA

JobMedian pay
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$130,790
General and Operations Managers$126,680
Registered Nurses$106,730
Electricians$104,510
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$100,730
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$79,630
Carpenters$69,710
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$62,240

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