47-2073 - BLS OEWS 2025
Equipment operators wages in Florida
The BLS reported a $23.75 median hourly wage for equipment operators in Florida in 2025. This page is generated only because that exact state-and-trade cell exists in the official OEWS data.
Important: These are worker wages, not contractor billing rates - a contractor's quote adds overhead, insurance, equipment, and margin.
Median hourly wage
$23.75
BLS OEWS 2025
10th-90th percentile
$18.66-$30.78
Hourly worker wage range.
Employment
27,510
State employment estimate.
Median-wage rank
#44
of 51 jurisdictions with this trade.
What is unique in this BLS cell
State premium
Florida's median is -$5.45 per hour below the median state record for equipment operators ($29.20).
Labor-market size
This state ranks #3 by BLS employment among generated equipment operators records, with 27,510 workers reported.
Trend
Median hourly pay moved from $18.53 in 2019 to $23.75 in 2025, a +28% change.
2019-2025 median wage trend
| Year | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $18.53 |
| 2020 | $18.82 |
| 2021 | $18.62 |
| 2022 | $21.74 |
| 2023 | $22.72 |
| 2024 | $23.45 |
| 2025 | $23.75 |
Same trade, large BLS labor markets
Source and limitation
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (OEWS), OEWS 2019-2025. This page uses only the published BLS row for Equipment operators in Florida. It does not estimate missing cells, interpolate suppressed values, or convert worker wages into contractor quotes.