SOC 45-4022 · New York (Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA unavailable) · BLS OEWS May 2024
Median Annual Salary
$42,765
$20.56/hr
13.1% lower than the US national median ($49,213)
Verified BLS OEWS data · Updated Apr 3, 2025
Source: BLS OEWS · Published Apr 2, 2025
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ⓘBLS doesn’t publish metro-level figures for Logging Equipment Operators in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY. Showing New York state-level data instead. How we fall back →
The median salary for Logging Equipment Operators in New York is $42,765 per year ($20.56/hr). This is 13.1% lower than the national median of $49,213.
About This Role
BLS Standard Occupational Classification 2018
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).
Wage Percentiles: New York
Hourly & annualized (2,080 hours) · National adjusted
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median logging equipment operators salary in New York?
The median (P50) annual salary for Logging Equipment Operators in New York is approximately $42,765, based on BLS OEWS May 2024 data. This is 13.1% lower than the national median of $49,213. For the full P10–P90 breakdown and market context, open CompSignal.
Wage figures on this page come from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2024 release. OEWS surveys roughly 1.1 million establishments annually. It is the most comprehensive employer-reported wage dataset in the United States.
P10 through P90 percentiles represent the wage distribution across all surveyed employers (not self-reported by workers). Geographic adjustments use BLS-derived cost multipliers calibrated from regional wage variation.
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