Power Plant Operators Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Power Plant Operators positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$99,670

National average

Salary Range

$59,930 – $128,760

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Power Plant Operators Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$156,260$76,740$204,460
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$140,800$140,730$166,770
Fresno, CA$136,640$61,250$172,380
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$136,300$89,280$146,390
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$133,460$87,360$176,410
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$128,340$84,260$155,010
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$127,190$110,150$128,120
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$125,580$89,420$125,580
Washington$124,050$81,220$157,150
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$123,400$94,210$128,510
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$122,490$84,520$135,030
New York$121,760$62,890$141,570
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$120,990$63,490$126,580
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$118,520$66,560$171,910
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$118,490$65,220$122,110
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$117,120$98,340$128,860
Hawaii$115,190$83,920$128,120
Oregon$114,500$73,460$140,660
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$112,680$61,190$116,080
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$110,990$65,930$128,860
Urban Honolulu, HI$110,450$83,920$130,640
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$110,190$55,450$138,470
New Jersey$109,970$80,970$123,670
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$109,480$93,330$123,200
North Dakota$109,340$74,990$134,260
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$109,340$69,110$134,260
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$108,730$71,750$127,900
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$108,460$81,220$126,980
Decatur, AL$108,040$69,630$120,540
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$108,000$75,150$134,750
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$107,790$76,850$118,790
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$107,650$64,530$127,720
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$107,480$58,360$118,000
Tennessee$107,380$65,930$117,120
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$107,360$49,710$126,510
Arizona$107,210$63,750$112,100
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$107,110$58,740$112,060
Nevada$106,990$67,050$136,400
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$106,930$77,630$128,630
Jacksonville, FL$106,740$59,540$106,740
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$106,320$63,190$136,010
Maryland$106,300$80,470$118,310
Ann Arbor, MI$106,220$65,230$121,380
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$106,030$76,500$132,920
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$105,870$67,710$136,400
Reno, NV$105,820$60,580$127,530
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$105,740$77,270$130,360
Lubbock, TX$105,700$89,500$122,240
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$105,680$50,340$135,250
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$105,670$78,940$105,670
Port St. Lucie, FL$105,560$74,830$131,610
California$105,520$61,320$168,180
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$105,520$60,970$149,350
South Dakota$105,400$65,470$130,110
Wyoming$105,330$86,660$123,200
Longview, TX$104,680$62,450$122,180
Michigan$103,880$63,870$120,000
Omaha, NE-IA$103,810$85,440$104,410
Utah$103,760$68,320$112,680
Alabama$103,640$61,320$123,480
Birmingham, AL$103,640$61,470$121,470
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$103,640$59,030$135,250
Morgantown, WV$103,610$95,040$103,610
Mobile, AL$103,600$75,330$128,590
Georgia$103,590$52,440$123,960
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$103,380$82,800$123,390
Texas$103,120$49,710$125,550
El Paso, TX$103,120$44,490$117,850
Illinois$103,020$75,920$108,810
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$103,010$46,090$129,280
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$102,950$64,370$107,020
Idaho$102,750$65,480$134,390
Indiana$102,730$70,160$121,980
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$102,730$88,880$111,760
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$102,660$70,830$106,110
Montana$102,610$54,410$115,830
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$102,610$85,860$103,730
Syracuse, NY$102,400$47,380$132,030
Massachusetts$102,080$64,750$126,750
Worcester, MA$101,800$66,860$120,530
Delaware$101,790$82,970$120,150
Cedar Rapids, IA$101,520$73,050$102,790
Terre Haute, IN$101,220$72,340$104,300
Rhode Island$100,840$61,760$132,310
Anchorage, AK$100,400$41,600$145,130
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$100,210$60,540$125,100
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$100,170$72,610$156,080
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$99,990$70,430$123,650
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$99,800$89,140$120,640
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$99,550$85,910$130,560
Springfield, MA$99,480$59,520$116,890
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$99,440$47,220$107,860
North Carolina$99,290$59,220$127,900
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$99,010$69,950$117,120
Iowa$98,880$60,700$106,250
Nebraska$98,760$57,930$138,080
New Mexico$98,690$41,930$105,410
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$98,610$80,900$99,330
Colorado$98,570$77,690$130,080
Vermont$98,260$47,480$129,180
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$98,260$46,750$124,050
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$98,260$63,850$124,530
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$98,220$62,400$108,040
Chattanooga, TN-GA$98,220$49,620$122,760
Knoxville, TN$98,220$64,890$111,070
Springfield, IL$97,940$70,410$129,080
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$97,920$65,710$123,270
Ohio$97,810$65,250$107,270
St. Louis, MO-IL$97,440$60,120$120,100
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$97,260$63,650$109,450
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$96,910$52,870$138,080
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$96,900$63,510$125,890
College Station-Bryan, TX$96,770$43,680$121,080
West Virginia$96,230$70,620$109,270
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$95,890$65,460$105,120
Longview-Kelso, WA$95,500$81,570$131,020
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$95,000$63,680$133,340
Mississippi$94,930$63,710$117,120
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$94,720$59,430$134,710
Louisiana$94,500$47,850$114,270
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$94,070$37,730$106,460
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$93,950$58,530$132,920
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$93,670$60,840$146,490
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$92,530$75,660$127,210
Connecticut$92,310$67,430$125,860
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$90,990$64,040$120,970
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$90,560$42,270$117,120
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$89,750$67,430$154,720
Kansas$89,630$36,490$127,100
Arkansas$88,860$58,780$106,610
Oklahoma City, OK$88,390$59,720$113,260
Minnesota$88,090$64,040$117,720
Kentucky$87,330$49,180$108,040
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$87,210$47,870$116,830
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$87,090$55,330$96,230
Missouri$86,240$56,840$120,100
Alexandria, LA$86,210$38,850$109,190
Fairbanks-College, AK$86,070$54,750$109,830
Colorado Springs, CO$85,720$85,720$102,080
Pennsylvania$85,260$56,270$115,550
Bloomington, IL$85,240$85,240$117,180
Alaska$85,070$42,140$143,890
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$84,540$57,930$119,500
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$84,520$62,920$118,540
Florida$84,030$56,060$129,140
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$83,930$51,350$100,700
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$83,610$53,570$119,610
Pittsburgh, PA$83,210$56,270$111,810
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$83,200$39,300$104,160
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$83,090$44,160$135,820
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$82,940$58,600$118,820
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$82,930$71,880$119,960
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$82,670$53,500$122,550
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$82,190$62,190$100,990
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$81,950$59,630$129,140
Wisconsin$81,250$56,790$120,040
Boise City, ID$81,210$66,140$138,810
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$81,210$58,870$100,810
Duluth, MN-WI$81,200$62,740$96,220
Tulsa, OK$80,940$60,250$113,740
Oklahoma$80,780$46,220$104,160
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$80,040$50,340$127,180
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$79,720$54,250$128,910
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$79,200$60,270$98,630
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$79,090$47,310$100,790
South Carolina$78,580$61,380$99,750
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$78,580$58,960$93,890
Portland-South Portland, ME$78,570$60,970$114,460
Virginia$78,460$52,200$105,420
Rochester, NY$78,290$60,390$107,030
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$78,240$60,530$100,810
Maine$78,080$60,610$102,190
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$77,840$44,810$116,840
Columbia, SC$77,820$63,500$98,470
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$77,570$62,680$138,930
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$77,560$74,300$116,310
Green Bay, WI$77,240$58,070$119,420
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$76,850$44,740$111,080
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$75,710$54,820$103,630
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$74,530$40,140$92,360
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$73,330$56,830$108,340
New Hampshire$72,370$51,180$108,980
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$71,760$57,040$102,950
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$71,420$45,380$127,550
Savannah, GA$71,100$38,720$78,730
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$70,960$63,770$104,040
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$70,080$53,550$99,720
Columbia, MO$68,460$50,320$79,740
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$68,060$51,370$107,170
El Centro, CA$67,640$55,010$128,410
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$67,210$52,080$79,210
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$67,090$49,820$121,450
Cleveland, OH$66,850$63,520$108,250
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$64,520$49,700$87,650
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$63,270$28,570$77,750
Puerto Rico$63,270$37,920$74,760
Glens Falls, NY$62,560$51,480$131,460
Wichita, KS$61,250$46,120$127,000
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$58,070$50,540$97,920
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$57,820$35,730$121,900
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$50,630$37,680$91,830

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Power Plant Operators make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Power Plant Operators is $99,670, with a typical range of $59,930 – $128,760 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Power Plant Operators?β–Ύ

Entry-level Power Plant Operators positions typically start around $59,930 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Power Plant Operatorss earn the most?β–Ύ

Power Plant Operatorss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.