Georgia / Stone Mountain Memorial Association / Equipment Operator

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Equipment Operator

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

6 employees hold this title in Stone Mountain Memorial Association. Median total compensation for the role is $46,827, above the department median of $20,996.

Employees: 6
Total payroll: $254.9K
Role median: $46,827
Agency median: $20,996
Comparison: Above

Compared with the local labor market

Equipment Operator pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators — about 15,700 people — is $47,880. Stone Mountain Memorial Association pays a median base salary of $47,010 for this role, 2% below that figure — about the 46th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Stone Mountain Memorial Association sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$37,810

$41,670

$47,880

$56,940

$62,840

Stone Mountain Memorial Association median · $47,010

The bar is the range of annual wages for Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Stone Mountain Memorial Association’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. Stone Mountain Memorial Association’s median base salary is 21% below that national figure, about the 21st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$42,190

$48,680

$59,850

$77,170

$101,090

Stone Mountain Memorial Association median · $47,010

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.

Computed over the 5 of 6 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 Stone Mountain Memorial Association is $46,827, 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 jurisdictions

Equipment Operator beyond Georgia

This role is reported in 12 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $3,125 ranks #12 of 12. See Equipment Operator across all of Georgia →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

City of Los Angeles

$145,750 · 272

City of Las Vegas

$90,784 · 195

City of Salt Lake City

$63,782 · 45

$63,472 · 385

$61,393 · 49

$59,169 · 549

$54,064 · 43

U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)

$46,671 · 132

Median total compensation for comparable Equipment Operatorroles 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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