Crane Operator

Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.

172 employees hold this title in Ports Authority, Georgia. Median total compensation for the role is $146,489, above the department median of $126,007.

Employees: 172
Total payroll: $24.7M
Role median: $146,489
Agency median: $126,007
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$39,088$170,657+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 172 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

Crane Operator pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Crane and Tower Operators — about 1,370 people — is $62,050. Ports Authority, Georgia pays a median base salary of $146,489 for this role, 136% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Ports Authority, Georgia sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$41,700

$48,940

$62,050

$75,340

$76,860

Ports Authority, Georgia median · $146,489

The bar is the range of annual wages for Crane and Tower Operators across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Ports Authority, Georgia’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Crane and Tower Operators — about 42,890 people — is $68,080. Ports Authority, Georgia’s median base salary is 115% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$42,640

$52,600

$68,080

$83,200

$103,570

Ports Authority, Georgia median · $146,489

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 Georgia range relative to the national one.

Median total compensation for this role at Ports Authority, Georgia is $146,489, 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.

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