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Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators pay in Hawaii and Missouri
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators is $115,860 per year in Hawaii. It is $60,540 per year in Missouri. Hawaii is 91.4% above Missouri on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-2073 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 2,380 wage and salary jobs in Hawaii and 10,470 in Missouri. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings