How much do Logging Equipment Operators make in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA?

Percentile spread

For Logging Equipment Operators, the published 10th percentile is $59,100 and the 90th percentile is $95,780. The difference is $36,680, which is 48.8% 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 $62,690 to the 75th at $77,990, covers $15,300.

The mean annual wage is $74,390, which sits below the median of $75,140. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA median is 51.1% higher than the national median of $49,740 for Logging Equipment Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $74,881, which is 50.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Washington median of $75,140.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is 100.346, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $75,140 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Logging Equipment Operators at $74,881 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Logging Equipment Operators. Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ranks 2nd of 4 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).).

• Coeur d'Alene, ID is 53 miles away, with a median of $51,690 and employment of 70. That median is 31.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,588, against $74,881 here.
• Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA is 193 miles away, with a median of $71,620 and employment of 30. That median is 4.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,912, against $74,881 here.
• Bellingham, WA is 198 miles away, with a median of $77,310 and employment of 50. That median is 2.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $74,816, against $74,881 here.

Employment share

Logging Equipment Operators accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA (110 of 255,820). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (21,060 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.17 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.