City of Charlotte / Cdot Engineering & Operations / Equipment Operator
Job-title file
Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.
3 employees hold this title in Cdot Engineering & Operations. Median total compensation for the role is $53,300, below the department median of $73,948.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area, the median wage for Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators — about 4,440 people — is $50,870. Cdot Engineering & Operations pays a median base salary of $53,300 for this role, 5% above that figure — about the 57th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators across every employer in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Cdot Engineering & Operations’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators — about 478,090 people — is $59,850. Cdot Engineering & Operations’s median base salary is 11% below that national figure, about the 35th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Cdot Engineering & Operations is $53,300, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Equipment Operator is held in 5 City of Charlotte departments. In Cdot Engineering & Operations, the median of $53,300 ranks #3 of 5.
Median total compensation for the Equipment Operator role in other City of Charlottedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 12 jurisdictions. In City of Charlotte, the median of $54,064 ranks #7 of 12. See Equipment Operator across all of City of Charlotte →
Median total compensation for comparable Equipment Operator roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
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Record list
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Equipment Operator/Cdot Engineering & Operations
Source-specific fields
Gerald Powers holds the role of Equipment Operator at Cdot Engineering & Operations within Cdot. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $54,064.
Equipment Operator/Cdot Engineering & Operations
Source-specific fields
Adonis Scott works as a Equipment Operator for Cdot Engineering & Operations within Cdot. Their status is full-time. Adonis earned $53,300 in 2026.
Equipment Operator/Cdot Engineering & Operations
Source-specific fields
Alvin Mingo works as a Equipment Operator for Cdot Engineering & Operations within Cdot. Their status is full-time. Alvin earned $53,300 in 2026.