47-2073 - BLS OEWS 2025
Equipment operators wages in North Carolina
The BLS reported a $23.71 median hourly wage for equipment operators in North Carolina 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
$23.71
BLS OEWS 2025
10th-90th percentile
$18.78-$30.98
Hourly worker wage range.
Employment
16,580
State employment estimate.
Median-wage rank
#45
of 51 jurisdictions with this trade.
What is unique in this BLS cell
State premium
North Carolina's median is -$5.49 per hour below the median state record for equipment operators ($29.20).
Labor-market size
This state ranks #6 by BLS employment among generated equipment operators records, with 16,580 workers reported.
Trend
Median hourly pay moved from $19.01 in 2019 to $23.71 in 2025, a +25% change.
2019-2025 median wage trend
| Year | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $19.01 |
| 2020 | $19.39 |
| 2021 | $18.91 |
| 2022 | $21.82 |
| 2023 | $22.82 |
| 2024 | $23.51 |
| 2025 | $23.71 |
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 North Carolina. It does not estimate missing cells, interpolate suppressed values, or convert worker wages into contractor quotes.