47-2073 - BLS OEWS 2025
Equipment operators wages in Texas
The BLS reported a $24.26 median hourly wage for equipment operators in Texas 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
$24.26
BLS OEWS 2025
10th-90th percentile
$18.70-$33.66
Hourly worker wage range.
Employment
55,540
State employment estimate.
Median-wage rank
#43
of 51 jurisdictions with this trade.
What is unique in this BLS cell
State premium
Texas's median is -$4.94 per hour below the median state record for equipment operators ($29.20).
Labor-market size
This state ranks #1 by BLS employment among generated equipment operators records, with 55,540 workers reported.
Trend
Median hourly pay moved from $20.31 in 2019 to $24.26 in 2025, a +19% change.
2019-2025 median wage trend
| Year | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $20.31 |
| 2020 | $20.95 |
| 2021 | $22.18 |
| 2022 | $22.30 |
| 2023 | $22.78 |
| 2024 | $23.87 |
| 2025 | $24.26 |
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 Texas. It does not estimate missing cells, interpolate suppressed values, or convert worker wages into contractor quotes.