City of Las Vegas / Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance / Equipment Operator I
Job-title file
Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.
23 employees hold this title in Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance. Median total compensation for the role is $83,746, above the department median of $81,539.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 23 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
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. Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance pays a median base salary of $52,428 for this role, 18% below that figure — about the 16th 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 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance’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. Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance’s median base salary is 12% below that national figure, about the 33rd 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 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 24 of 29 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 Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance is $84,347, 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 I is held in 7 City of Las Vegas departments. In Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance, the median of $83,746 ranks #5 of 7.
Median total compensation for the Equipment Operator I role in other City of Las Vegasdepartments (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 Las Vegas, the median of $90,784 ranks #2 of 12. See Equipment Operator across all of City of Las Vegas →
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 I/Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance
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At Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance, Marc Brooks serves as a Equipment Operator I within Cea. Their 2025 pay totaled $123,398.
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Michael Beckwith is a Equipment Operator I at Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance within Cea. 2025 total compensation came to $121,181.
Equipment Operator I/Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance
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Steven Brabant works as a Equipment Operator I for Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance within Cea. Steven earned $117,662 in 2025.
Equipment Operator I/Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance
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At Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance, Raymond Jackson serves as a Equipment Operator I within Cea. Their 2025 pay totaled $114,552.
Equipment Operator I/Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance
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Douglas Eastman works as a Equipment Operator I for Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance within Cea. Douglas earned $96,824 in 2025.
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Joseph Arndt works as a Equipment Operator I for Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance within Cea. Joseph earned $96,706 in 2025.
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Caleb Neilson works as a Equipment Operator I for Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance within Cea. Caleb earned $93,546 in 2025.
Equipment Operator I/Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance
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At Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance, Quincy Cameron serves as a Equipment Operator I within Cea. Their 2023 pay totaled $91,534.
Equipment Operator I/Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance
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At Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance, Pablo Flores serves as a Equipment Operator I within Cea. Their 2025 pay totaled $85,058.
Equipment Operator I/Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance
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Jeffrey Horrisland works as a Equipment Operator I for Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance within Cea. Jeffrey earned $84,512 in 2025.
Equipment Operator I/Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance
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Darron Mccoy is a Equipment Operator I at Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance within Cea. 2023 total compensation came to $84,136.
Equipment Operator I/Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance
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At Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance, Dominic Richardson serves as a Equipment Operator I within Cea. Their 2025 pay totaled $83,746.
Equipment Operator I/Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance
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Harry Turner holds the role of Equipment Operator I at Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance within Cea. In 2023, their total compensation was $80,758.
Equipment Operator I/Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance
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At Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance, Jody Nielsen serves as a Equipment Operator I within Cea. Their 2023 pay totaled $78,823.
Equipment Operator I/Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance
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At Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance, Russell Duncan serves as a Equipment Operator I within Cea. Their 2022 pay totaled $78,100.
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Lance Riggs works as a Equipment Operator I for Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance within Cea. Lance earned $77,330 in 2025.
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Michael Branch holds the role of Equipment Operator I at Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance within Cea. In 2025, their total compensation was $77,174.
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Gregorio Montanez is a Equipment Operator I at Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance within Cea. 2025 total compensation came to $58,062.
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Francisco Salazar-Espinoza works as a Equipment Operator I for Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance within Cea. Francisco earned $54,311 in 2025.
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Jozef Sakac works as a Equipment Operator I for Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance within Cea. Jozef earned $45,068 in 2023.
Equipment Operator I/Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance
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Sylvia Fradiue is a Equipment Operator I at Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance within Cea. 2022 total compensation came to $20,594.
Equipment Operator I/Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance
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At Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance, Michael Duffy serves as a Equipment Operator I within Cea. Their 2024 pay totaled $2,491.
Equipment Operator I/Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance
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Vance Dobbins works as a Equipment Operator I for Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance within Cea. Vance earned $2,236 in 2025.