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Crane and Tower Operator Salary in Victoria, Texas

The annual salary statistics of crane and tower operators in Victoria, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of crane and tower operators in Victoria is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Crane and Tower Operators in Victoria, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$53,350
25th Percentile Wage
$61,200
50th Percentile Wage
$70,660
75th Percentile Wage
$78,370
90th Percentile Wage
$83,000

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for crane and tower operators in Victoria, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $83,000. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $70,660. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $53,350.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of crane and tower operators from 2012 to 2020. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth8-Year Growth
2020
$70,660
3.92% 11.94%
2019
$67,890
29.84% -
2017
$47,630
-30.63% -
2012
$62,220
- -

Table 2. Compare Crane and Tower Operator Salary in Victoria with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $70,660 in Victoria is in the middle of salary range for crane and tower operators in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of crane and tower operators in Victoria is 5.0 percent (5.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Midland and 39.2 percent (39.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central Texas nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Midland
$74,400
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$71,330
Victoria
$70,660
Corpus Christi
$68,200
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$65,400
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$64,720
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$64,290
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$60,650
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$60,210
Lubbock
$60,110
Texarkana-Texarkana
$59,420
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$58,660
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$58,660
Abilene
$58,090
Fort Worth-Arlington
$57,980
Tyler
$57,320
College Station-Bryan
$57,130
Waco
$56,930
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$56,170
Odessa
$55,920
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$52,790
Amarillo
$52,710
Longview
$51,970
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$50,060
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$50,020
Brownsville-Harlingen
$48,630
El Paso
$48,140
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$42,970

See also: Top paying jobs in Victoria, Texas.