Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$51,650

National average

Salary Range

$38,030 – $90,110

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$123,470$58,230$123,470
Urban Honolulu, HI$108,570$49,990$108,590
Hawaii$108,570$49,990$119,180
Champaign-Urbana, IL$98,730$60,420$100,150
Alaska$97,670$57,010$100,410
Anchorage, AK$97,670$65,120$100,300
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$95,430$54,790$146,150
Fort Wayne, IN$93,070$47,670$93,090
Appleton, WI$89,810$54,900$89,810
St. Joseph, MO-KS$83,980$40,000$98,960
Eau Claire, WI$83,620$45,180$89,830
Green Bay, WI$83,170$45,370$90,210
Madison, WI$83,160$50,590$91,770
Duluth, MN-WI$83,090$60,850$94,840
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$80,510$64,840$137,740
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$79,740$49,050$88,960
California$79,460$51,540$132,240
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$79,460$59,170$129,110
Wisconsin$79,440$49,050$90,680
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$79,090$46,630$123,470
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$78,620$50,720$88,980
Washington$77,180$61,580$128,590
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$76,970$48,850$101,890
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$76,810$48,750$102,270
Rochester, MN$76,590$48,700$100,790
St. Louis, MO-IL$76,400$39,770$91,500
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$75,230$58,770$131,350
Columbus, OH$74,900$40,300$78,170
Missouri$70,520$38,470$90,910
Kansas City, MO-KS$70,520$43,150$91,190
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$70,440$51,020$132,890
District of Columbia$70,030$48,210$88,950
Jefferson City, MO$69,990$36,610$80,790
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$69,840$42,550$102,750
Springfield, IL$69,780$46,350$105,210
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$69,520$48,920$70,300
Minnesota$68,920$49,260$98,430
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$66,130$58,240$89,020
Illinois$66,130$38,640$102,490
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$65,550$42,580$130,920
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$64,720$54,800$84,370
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$64,250$48,160$128,860
Cleveland, OH$63,950$38,630$93,210
Rochester, NY$63,860$44,690$127,560
New York$63,860$47,840$107,040
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$63,410$44,830$80,940
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$63,230$45,720$97,540
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$63,110$49,990$120,790
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$63,020$37,090$80,750
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$63,000$50,120$74,580
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$62,830$36,930$89,700
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$62,740$56,020$78,490
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$61,950$50,130$100,420
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$61,440$47,830$84,910
Rhode Island$61,440$44,920$83,190
Ohio$61,290$38,510$80,940
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$61,170$48,070$101,680
Oregon$61,050$48,920$82,280
New Hampshire$60,950$39,800$78,330
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$60,950$50,640$78,330
Nevada$60,680$37,680$80,940
Utica-Rome, NY$60,500$46,550$75,050
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$60,450$30,780$74,640
Arizona$60,450$30,780$74,640
Massachusetts$60,450$50,340$86,420
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$60,300$47,250$79,070
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$60,260$49,890$75,670
Iowa$60,230$47,950$64,670
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$60,230$51,020$62,520
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$60,130$42,740$83,600
Connecticut$59,710$53,490$98,670
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$59,700$53,490$98,670
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$59,310$46,630$91,360
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$59,090$37,680$78,260
Montana$58,980$45,150$78,000
Wyoming$58,930$48,570$64,660
Manchester-Nashua, NH$58,770$36,760$71,630
Maryland$58,720$41,970$64,490
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$58,690$39,310$74,500
Lancaster, PA$58,670$24,610$71,660
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$58,540$40,390$74,230
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$58,410$47,030$66,490
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$58,240$46,610$77,780
Billings, MT$58,150$46,250$68,200
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$57,850$47,020$76,020
South Dakota$57,610$47,990$72,790
Greeley, CO$57,280$43,040$68,570
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$57,220$45,440$75,250
West Virginia$57,140$40,020$76,810
Indiana$56,960$43,260$93,180
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$56,960$41,970$64,980
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$56,870$47,720$73,590
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$56,670$45,180$79,710
Pennsylvania$56,600$42,550$72,390
Pittsburgh, PA$56,460$43,270$71,100
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$56,290$46,710$78,090
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$56,230$31,570$71,740
Portland-South Portland, ME$55,920$43,810$89,460
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$55,750$39,090$75,690
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$55,150$46,090$72,240
Michigan$54,690$45,960$74,800
Flint, MI$54,690$47,020$61,070
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$54,620$40,330$72,000
Maine$54,340$41,340$80,180
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$54,340$39,970$75,570
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$54,310$43,520$80,180
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$54,270$40,480$75,250
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$54,170$45,790$61,120
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$53,930$38,690$71,390
Vermont$53,580$46,910$64,160
Kansas$53,540$39,770$77,840
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$53,490$42,950$67,400
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$53,490$41,050$92,370
Colorado$53,430$40,330$70,730
Colorado Springs, CO$53,430$41,140$70,730
Rapid City, SD$53,300$43,300$66,660
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$53,200$44,870$93,920
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$53,040$31,560$55,590
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$52,360$44,670$78,000
Odessa, TX$52,000$40,120$54,240
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$51,970$39,890$66,560
Worcester, MA$51,550$51,040$86,420
Lincoln, NE$51,520$34,940$61,730
Toledo, OH$51,510$37,540$74,460
Santa Fe, NM$51,500$39,520$60,980
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$51,310$36,270$70,530
Grand Junction, CO$50,600$40,100$66,440
Huntsville, AL$50,430$37,110$56,730
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$50,310$47,220$102,630
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$50,110$39,770$82,280
Baton Rouge, LA$49,870$43,070$49,870
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$49,810$39,120$60,150
Tulsa, OK$49,790$43,850$64,730
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$49,670$34,050$63,050
Columbia, SC$49,410$36,190$62,550
Raleigh-Cary, NC$49,350$38,630$59,440
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$49,320$38,500$60,940
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$49,270$40,010$74,780
Omaha, NE-IA$49,150$34,660$66,200
Oklahoma City, OK$49,020$40,000$52,420
Clarksville, TN-KY$49,020$44,460$56,940
Nebraska$48,900$34,660$64,420
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$48,860$39,260$73,400
Port St. Lucie, FL$48,840$37,920$56,530
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$48,840$31,200$99,530
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$48,810$35,360$63,280
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$48,750$38,820$58,080
Tennessee$48,690$34,450$62,810
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$48,300$42,720$88,070
Idaho$48,270$41,050$61,320
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$48,250$36,940$58,820
Battle Creek, MI$48,140$47,160$76,960
Chattanooga, TN-GA$48,090$39,440$61,480
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$48,080$37,430$62,730
Syracuse, NY$48,070$41,010$98,110
New Jersey$48,070$41,210$109,660
Naples-Marco Island, FL$48,000$39,470$54,860
Delaware$48,000$28,750$80,980
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$47,990$28,850$75,620
Farmington, NM$47,990$36,520$58,580
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$47,890$46,760$70,270
Utah$47,890$43,110$70,270
Binghamton, NY$47,780$33,090$92,190
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$47,750$35,400$48,460
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$47,640$33,190$53,840
North Carolina$47,620$38,050$57,910
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$47,620$38,160$56,740
Oklahoma$47,230$38,930$55,220
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$47,070$33,480$51,090
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$47,070$37,760$55,880
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$46,950$38,160$56,160
Virginia$46,850$37,160$58,490
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$46,850$35,680$68,250
Birmingham, AL$46,830$32,220$66,710
Texas$46,810$35,710$57,540
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$46,670$38,170$55,560
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$46,660$38,090$58,980
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$46,580$35,050$57,260
Jackson, MS$46,500$30,610$54,310
Albuquerque, NM$46,350$37,660$59,340
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$46,300$36,490$73,460
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$46,160$31,480$52,890
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$46,080$34,210$59,080
Roanoke, VA$46,030$37,160$47,820
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$46,020$36,470$55,330
Johnson City, TN$45,990$21,570$61,550
Wichita, KS$45,920$39,180$70,720
New Mexico$45,820$36,220$59,550
Richmond, VA$45,700$33,930$60,460
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$45,700$38,120$50,280
Kentucky$45,650$38,800$63,040
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$45,610$36,340$57,310
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$45,460$37,380$54,970
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$45,400$37,530$54,940
South Carolina$45,290$33,610$56,370
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$45,270$35,530$51,390
Asheville, NC$45,260$37,850$52,430
Savannah, GA$45,240$36,960$48,010
Knoxville, TN$45,150$38,370$62,710
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$45,140$39,770$61,940
College Station-Bryan, TX$45,100$35,050$66,160
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$45,060$33,610$57,500
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$44,890$35,280$57,380
Las Cruces, NM$44,880$35,290$57,870
Florida$44,810$36,980$56,730
Jacksonville, FL$44,810$38,100$55,010
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$44,790$35,940$59,760
Ogden, UT$44,720$44,650$68,760
Louisiana$44,720$33,930$51,110
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$44,680$38,510$58,520
Georgia$44,600$37,400$56,570
Lubbock, TX$44,460$32,630$51,320
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$44,410$34,910$55,350
Waco, TX$43,800$37,100$50,300
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$43,750$38,240$49,960
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$43,500$37,780$66,610
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$43,340$38,890$58,660
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$43,260$43,260$62,400
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$43,150$35,950$57,280
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$42,950$36,470$52,960
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$42,810$37,330$50,950
Wilmington, NC$42,690$37,100$59,830
Winchester, VA-WV$42,430$32,600$65,280
Tallahassee, FL$42,320$32,000$48,160
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$41,870$37,400$60,180
Amarillo, TX$41,410$31,760$52,450
Corpus Christi, TX$41,180$35,430$54,080
Arkansas$40,860$34,780$49,510
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$40,830$30,340$50,430
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$40,810$34,520$51,480
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$40,730$38,690$62,830
Winston-Salem, NC$40,710$37,860$54,190
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$40,510$34,540$49,070
Montgomery, AL$40,330$31,370$63,850
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$40,210$29,890$59,860
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$40,010$37,390$53,360
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$39,950$32,830$60,190
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$39,720$36,980$50,370
Gainesville, FL$39,480$38,010$46,820
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$39,350$31,740$47,570
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$39,340$35,930$50,780
Alabama$39,000$31,100$63,740
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$38,500$36,220$65,210
Mississippi$38,490$30,320$50,780
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$38,470$37,090$63,080
El Paso, TX$38,300$29,130$49,230
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$38,050$36,850$49,960
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$38,030$37,670$51,190
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$37,350$32,480$43,380
Tyler, TX$37,160$36,670$51,290
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$37,100$32,940$46,630
Tuscaloosa, AL$36,390$31,440$63,890
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$35,510$28,600$45,500
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$34,460$28,540$49,990
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$32,900$25,520$44,610
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$32,150$22,970$34,300
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$30,800$30,440$41,130
Puerto Rico$29,910$22,360$33,540

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators make?▾

The median annual salary for a Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators is $51,650, with a typical range of $38,030 – $90,110 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators?▾

Entry-level Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators positions typically start around $38,030 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operatorss earn the most?▾

Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operatorss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.