How much do Logging Equipment Operators make in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL?

Percentile spread

For Logging Equipment Operators, the published 10th percentile is $36,660 and the 90th percentile is $82,490. The difference is $45,830, which is 91.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $39,530 to the 75th at $59,990, covers $20,460.

The mean annual wage is $53,830, which sits above the median of $49,990. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL median is 0.5% higher than the national median of $49,740 for Logging Equipment Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $58,939, which is 18.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.6% higher than the Alabama median of $47,810.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL is 84.817, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $49,990 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Logging Equipment Operators at $58,939 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Logging Equipment Operators. Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL ranks 1st of 6 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 105 miles away, with a median of $47,350 and employment of 40. That median is 5.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,150, against $58,939 here.
• Birmingham, AL is 106 miles away, with a median of $48,600 and employment of 110. That median is 2.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,031, against $58,939 here.
• Tuscaloosa, AL is 118 miles away, with a median of $46,510 and employment of 160. That median is 7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,020, against $58,939 here.

Employment share

Logging Equipment Operators accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL (40 of 56,100). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (21,060 of 155,495,730). The local share is 5.26 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.