Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operator Salary in Tyler, Texas

The annual salary statistics of paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators in Tyler, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators in Tyler 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 Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators in Tyler, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$23,280
25th Percentile Wage
$27,210
50th Percentile Wage
$33,210
75th Percentile Wage
$37,370
90th Percentile Wage
$40,150

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators in Tyler, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $40,150. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $33,210. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $23,280.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators from 2012 to 2017. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$33,210
22.85% 22.31%
2013
$25,620
-0.70% -
2012
$25,800
- -

Table 2. Compare Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operator Salary in Tyler with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $33,210 in Tyler is in the middle of salary range for paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators in Tyler is 42.1 percent (42.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Longview and 10.8 percent (10.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Sherman-Denison.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Longview
$57,310
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$47,360
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$45,350
Odessa
$44,770
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$41,900
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$41,440
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$41,250
Waco
$41,200
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$40,740
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$40,690
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$40,540
College Station-Bryan
$40,030
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$39,210
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$38,920
Corpus Christi
$38,040
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$37,910
San Angelo
$37,500
Fort Worth-Arlington
$36,880
Brownsville-Harlingen
$36,490
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$36,230
Lubbock
$35,900
Victoria
$35,810
Amarillo
$35,740
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$35,120
Laredo
$34,230
Wichita Falls
$33,570
Tyler
$33,210
El Paso
$32,440
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$31,780
Texarkana-Texarkana
$30,410
Sherman-Denison
$29,630

See also: Top paying jobs in Tyler, Texas.