Construction & Extraction

Construction Equipment Operators

SOC 47-2073

Run the excavators, dozers, and cranes that move earth and material.

Median pay

$60k

$49k to $77k typical range

Outlook

Growing

42k openings / yr

Education

High school

AI exposure

15%

modeled estimate · 33th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

60/100

Key skills

Monitoring
Active Listening
Reading Comprehension
Speaking
Critical Thinking
Active Learning

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How we model AI exposure.