47-2073 - BLS OEWS 2025
Equipment operators wages in Ohio
The BLS reported a $31.22 median hourly wage for equipment operators in Ohio 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
$31.22
BLS OEWS 2025
10th-90th percentile
$22.52-$47.17
Hourly worker wage range.
Employment
16,920
State employment estimate.
Median-wage rank
#16
of 51 jurisdictions with this trade.
What is unique in this BLS cell
State premium
Ohio's median is +$2.02 per hour above the median state record for equipment operators ($29.20).
Labor-market size
This state ranks #5 by BLS employment among generated equipment operators records, with 16,920 workers reported.
Trend
Median hourly pay moved from $24.79 in 2019 to $31.22 in 2025, a +26% change.
2019-2025 median wage trend
| Year | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $24.79 |
| 2020 | $25.59 |
| 2021 | $28.50 |
| 2022 | $28.46 |
| 2023 | $29.04 |
| 2024 | $30.01 |
| 2025 | $31.22 |
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 Ohio. It does not estimate missing cells, interpolate suppressed values, or convert worker wages into contractor quotes.