Equipment Operator I

Across all employers in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV area, the median wage for Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators — about 2,460 people — is $63,910. Om - Streets and Storm Services-Downtown Maintenance pays a median base salary of $52,700 for this role, 18% below that figure — about the 17th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Computed over the 10 of 11 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Om - Streets and Storm Services-Downtown Maintenance is $81,364, 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.

Equipment Operator I is held in 7 City of Las Vegas departments. In Om - Streets and Storm Services-Downtown Maintenance, the median of $67,001 ranks #7 of 7.

This role is reported in 12 jurisdictions. In City of Las Vegas, the median of $90,784 ranks #2 of 12. See Equipment Operator across all of City of Las Vegas →

• Equipment Operator II 7
• Maintenance Worker 14
• Streets & Sanitation Crew Leader 7