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Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators pay in Kahului-Wailuku, HI and Merced, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators is $124,990 per year in Kahului-Wailuku, HI. It is $74,800 per year in Merced, CA. Kahului-Wailuku, HI is 67.1% above Merced, CA 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 400 wage and salary jobs in Kahului-Wailuku, HI and 160 in Merced, CA. 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