City of Las Vegas / Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance / Equipment Operator II
Job-title file
Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.
4 employees hold this title in Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance. Median total compensation for the role is $118,663, above the department median of $81,539.
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 II is held in 6 City of Las Vegas departments. In Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance, the median of $118,663 ranks #1 of 6.
Median total compensation for the Equipment Operator II 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 II/Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance
Source-specific fields
Steve Bonty is a Equipment Operator II at Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance within Cea. 2025 total compensation came to $145,299.
Equipment Operator II/Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance
Source-specific fields
Jack Bowman is a Equipment Operator II at Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance within Cea. 2022 total compensation came to $120,579.
Equipment Operator II/Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance
Source-specific fields
David Lemmon works as a Equipment Operator II for Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance within Cea. David earned $116,747 in 2022.
Equipment Operator II/Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance
Source-specific fields
Fernando Gonzalez is a Equipment Operator II at Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance within Cea. 2025 total compensation came to $99,863.