Metro Nashville / Ndot Gsd Traffic Sign & Marking / Equipment Operator
Job-title file
Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.
9 employees hold this title in Ndot Gsd Traffic Sign & Marking. Median total compensation for the role is $41,741, below the department median of $53,365.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 9 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 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area, the median wage for Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators — about 3,820 people — is $56,030. Ndot Gsd Traffic Sign & Marking pays a median base salary of $44,269 for this role, 21% below that figure — below the 10th 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 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Ndot Gsd Traffic Sign & Marking’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. Ndot Gsd Traffic Sign & Marking’s median base salary is 26% below that national figure, about the 15th 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 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 6 of 9 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 Ndot Gsd Traffic Sign & Marking is $41,741, 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 17 Metro Nashville departments. In Ndot Gsd Traffic Sign & Marking, the median of $41,741 ranks #2 of 17.
Median total compensation for the Equipment Operator role in other Metro Nashvilledepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 12 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $28,138 ranks #10 of 12. See Equipment Operator across all of Metro Nashville →
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/Ndot Gsd Traffic Sign & Marking
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At Ndot Gsd Traffic Sign & Marking, Michael Cobb serves as a Equipment Operator. Their 2025 pay totaled $53,365.
Equipment Operator/Ndot Gsd Traffic Sign & Marking
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Tyler Thompson works as a Equipment Operator for Ndot Gsd Traffic Sign & Marking. Tyler earned $51,926 in 2025.
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Ryan Troup holds the role of Equipment Operator at Ndot Gsd Traffic Sign & Marking. In 2025, their total compensation was $47,430.
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Brandon Tyler holds the role of Equipment Operator at Ndot Gsd Traffic Sign & Marking. In 2023, their total compensation was $43,993.
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Jason Ayers works as a Equipment Operator for Ndot Gsd Traffic Sign & Marking. Jason earned $41,741 in 2025.
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Alvin Owens holds the role of Equipment Operator at Ndot Gsd Traffic Sign & Marking. In 2025, their total compensation was $38,727.
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Korey Crow is a Equipment Operator at Ndot Gsd Traffic Sign & Marking. 2023 total compensation came to $23,243.
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At Ndot Gsd Traffic Sign & Marking, Joshua Lambert serves as a Equipment Operator. Their 2023 pay totaled $12,525.
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Markeese Kelly works as a Equipment Operator for Ndot Gsd Traffic Sign & Marking. Markeese earned $10,684 in 2023.