Salary for Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
Also known as: Asphalt Paver, Asphalt Paving Machine Operator, Asphalt Roller Operator, Asphalt Tamping Machine Operator, Blacktop-Paver Operator, Paver Operator, Road Grader, Screed Operator
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Paving, surfacing and Tamping Equipment operators control all of the paving and surfacing equipment on construction sites. The work is very physically demanding and strenuous as the tools can cause injury and workers usually do their job outside in often adverse weather conditions. There are also a good number of paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators who have irregular working hours. To become a paving, surfacing or tamping equipment operator, one must complete his or her high school diploma or GED. Employers will often train new hires on the job, but some choose to learn their trade at a vocational school or attend another formal apprenticeship program.A Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operator earns salaries somewhere between $29,030 and $72,860 depending on seniority levels. usually receive a salary of fourty-six thousand four hundred dollars per year.
can get the best pay in New York, where they receive a compensation of near $69,560. Employees in this career have the most lucrative average salary level in Real Estate and Rental and Leasing, where they can earn job pay of $72,950.
The annual compensation for this career has gone up since 2004. Salaries have increased by an average of 38.29 percent nationwide in that time.
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators tend to make the most in the following industries:
In general, they earn less within the industries below: