DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

45-4022 Logging Equipment Operators

Occupational Description:
Drive logging tractor or wheeled vehicle equipped with one or more accessories, such as bulldozer blade, frontal shear, grapple, logging arch, cable winches, hoisting rack, or crane boom, to fell tree; to skid, load, unload, or stack logs; or to pull stumps or clear brush. Includes operating stand-alone logging machines, such as log chippers. Logging truck drivers are included in ?Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers? (53-3032).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Duluth MN-WI MSA509$23.63/hr$2.55/hr$17.42/hr$20.38/hr$22.61/hr$24.84/hr$35.46/hr
Minnesota 36044$20.87/hr$1.17/hr$13.76/hr$16.67/hr$20.43/hr$23.92/hr$28.30/hr
U S 26,030807$20.52/hr$0.27/hr$12.40/hr$15.65/hr$20.21/hr$24.96/hr$29.73/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Logging Equipment Operators
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Natural Resources and Mining50$22.83/hr
Other Regional Data For Logging Equipment Operators
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Northwest Balance of State 140 $16.58/hr N/A
Northeast Balance of State 130 $21.64/hr N/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA 50 $22.61/hr N/A
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA 40 $26.71/hr N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
Southeast Balance of State N/A N/A N/A
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OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment310$12.53/hrN/A
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors90$22.92/hrN/A
Tasks for Logging Equipment Operators