Highest-paying Cities for Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators

The top 100 highest paying cities for paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $102,850, Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii is the highest paying city for paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators. It is followed by Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii (average annual salary $98,900). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$102,850	$62,080	80
2	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$98,900	$49,480	60
3	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$92,440	$45,000	40
4	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$89,440	$42,910	60
5	Duluth, Wisconsin	$86,260	$37,700	80
6	Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$86,150	$69,850	60
7	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$85,980	$61,380	520
8	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$85,450	$47,630	170
9	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$84,230	$36,000	n/a
10	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$83,280	$38,670	100
11	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$82,790	$58,210	70
12	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$82,310	$63,430	70
13	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$80,640	$48,200	40
14	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$79,930	$43,510	160
15	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$78,090	$55,240	100
16	Southwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$78,020	$52,170	50
17	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$76,970	$44,620	50
18	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$76,610	$50,450	90
19	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$75,660	$46,070	60
20	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$74,680	$37,400	30
21	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$73,830	$34,670	310
22	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$73,790	$36,600	90
23	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$73,630	$47,200	260
24	Wheeling, West Virginia	$73,610	$48,020	60
25	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$72,960	$49,260	130
26	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$71,270	$46,390	40
27	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$70,070	$22,640	40
28	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$69,620	$31,890	1,090
29	Stockton, California	$68,770	$46,520	80
30	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$67,240	$47,270	710
31	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$66,780	$38,940	50
32	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$65,550	$38,760	80
33	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$64,760	$47,520	110
34	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$64,730	$45,580	60
35	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$64,730	$37,660	110
36	Akron, Ohio	$64,100	$37,680	90
37	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$64,020	$34,100	220
38	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$63,660	$44,520	3,040
39	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$63,410	$44,910	60
40	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$63,170	$42,670	170
41	Fresno, California	$63,040	$44,500	40
42	Peoria, Illinois	$62,910	$53,190	n/a
43	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$62,630	$41,510	30
44	Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$62,280	$43,300	60
45	Billings, Montana	$62,200	$42,520	80
46	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$62,100	$39,320	60
47	Modesto, California	$61,240	$37,840	110
48	Rochester, Minnesota	$61,050	$51,870	30
49	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$60,550	$40,970	260
50	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$60,450	$37,790	50
51	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$60,310	$45,480	170
52	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$60,070	$31,350	960
53	Columbus, Ohio	$60,020	$39,270	240
54	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$59,930	$32,590	80
55	Bend, Oregon	$59,810	$47,440	30
56	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$59,300	$46,890	110
57	Evansville, Kentucky	$59,150	$39,090	50
58	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$59,040	$50,140	n/a
59	St Louis, Missouri	$59,010	$37,050	580
60	Fargo, North Dakota	$58,870	$47,520	100
61	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$58,840	$36,540	70
62	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$58,520	$33,370	40
63	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$58,470	$46,120	730
64	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$58,330	$23,590	290
65	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$58,050	$38,950	200
66	Longview, Texas	$57,310	$26,900	50
67	Springfield, Massachusetts	$56,650	$46,490	190
68	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$56,460	$43,050	460
69	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$56,220	$44,810	110
70	Dayton, Ohio	$55,900	$37,720	70
71	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$55,860	$44,620	50
72	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$55,660	$40,440	40
73	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$54,600	$36,070	40
74	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$54,270	$39,570	50
75	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$54,110	$36,530	30
76	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$53,930	$25,180	470
77	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$53,370	$41,020	260
78	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$53,100	$37,840	30
79	Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$52,850	$28,250	50
80	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$52,480	$38,750	630
81	Toledo, Ohio	$52,430	$33,830	120
82	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$52,190	$40,340	n/a
83	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$52,050	$37,230	40
84	Honolulu, Hawaii	$52,030	$32,890	230
85	Kansas City, Missouri	$52,000	$36,720	310
86	Bismarck, North Dakota	$51,800	$37,230	70
87	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$51,780	$40,430	40
88	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$51,590	$37,820	60
89	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$51,500	$41,600	360
90	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$51,490	$39,300	830
91	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$51,400	$46,220	90
92	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$51,380	$38,200	70
93	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$51,130	$43,560	50
94	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$51,080	$40,110	80
95	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$51,060	$40,560	30
96	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$51,010	$40,090	1,680
97	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$50,830	$39,980	140
98	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$50,830	$38,170	380
99	Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$50,810	$30,800	80
100	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$50,500	$35,630	270

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