How much do heavy equipment operators make an hour in Ogden, UT?

The median hourly wage is $28.96. The middle half earn between $24.54 and $31.46 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice heavy equipment operators make in Ogden, UT?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $23.11 an hour ($48,070 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $24.54.

Do heavy equipment operators make more in Ogden or Salt Lake City?

Salt Lake City pays more: the median is $60,250 in Ogden and $61,750 in Salt Lake City, a 2% difference.

How does Ogden pay compare with the rest of Utah?

The Ogden median of $60,250 is 1% less than the Utah median of $60,740.

Heavy equipment operator salary in Ogden, UT

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Heavy equipment operators in the Ogden, UT area earn a median of $60,250 a year, or $28.96 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $74,760. Statewide, heavy equipment operators earn a median of $60,740; Ogden is 1% below it.

Median yearly pay$60,250

Bottom 10% under$48,070Top 10% over$74,760

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $23.11/hr
Jobs in this area: 1,160
After cost of living: $60,040
Median hourly pay: $28.96/hr
vs U.S. median: +1%
vs Utah median: −1%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 36260, Ogden, UT). Excludes self-employed heavy equipment operators. Cost of living: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024. *Starting pay is estimated from the 10th percentile; BLS does not report pay by license level.

Entry-level to top heavy equipment operator pay

Stage	Yearly pay	Hourly pay
Apprentice / entry level	$48,070–$51,030$23.11–$24.54/hr
Experienced operator	$60,250$28.96/hr
Top earners	$65,430–$74,760$31.46–$35.94/hr

Estimated from BLS percentiles (10th–25th, median, 75th–90th); BLS does not report pay by license level.

How Ogden, UT compares

Ogden ranks 2nd of 5 Utah metro areas for heavy equipment operator pay.
Heavy equipment operators are more concentrated in the Ogden area than nationally: 4.3 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.4 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $74,760, is 1.6 times the 10th-percentile wage, $48,070: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Utah metro areas

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Questions

How much do heavy equipment operators make in Ogden, UT?: Heavy equipment operators in the Ogden, UT area earn a median of $60,250 a year, or $28.96 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $74,760.
How much do heavy equipment operators make an hour in Ogden, UT?: The median hourly wage is $28.96. The middle half earn between $24.54 and $31.46 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice heavy equipment operators make in Ogden, UT?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $23.11 an hour ($48,070 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $24.54.
Do heavy equipment operators make more in Ogden or Salt Lake City?: Salt Lake City pays more: the median is $60,250 in Ogden and $61,750 in Salt Lake City, a 2% difference.
How does Ogden pay compare with the rest of Utah?: The Ogden median of $60,250 is 1% less than the Utah median of $60,740.

About this data

Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 47-2073 (Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators), area code 36260 (Ogden, UT). BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed heavy equipment operators and business owners aren't included. The cost-of-living figure divides the median by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for 2024 (100.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures