How much do Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators make in Glens Falls, NY?

Percentile spread

For Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators, the published 10th percentile is $47,200 and the 90th percentile is $114,440. The difference is $67,240, which is 112.0% 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 $53,640 to the 75th at $76,330, covers $22,690.

The mean annual wage is $71,600, which sits above the median of $60,030. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Glens Falls, NY median is 0.3% higher than the national median of $59,850 for Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $63,279, which is 5.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 25.9% lower than the New York median of $80,980.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Glens Falls, NY is 94.866, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $60,030 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators at $63,279 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

27 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators. Glens Falls, NY ranks 23rd of 28 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).).

• Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY is 48 miles away, with a median of $82,540 and employment of 1,000. That median is 37.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $82,900, against $63,279 here.
• Pittsfield, MA is 77 miles away, with a median of $64,460 and employment of 150. That median is 7.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,777, against $63,279 here.
• Utica-Rome, NY is 78 miles away, with a median of $62,270 and employment of 200. That median is 3.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,190, against $63,279 here.

Employment share

Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators accounts for 0.34% of wage-and-salary employment in Glens Falls, NY (170 of 50,130). Nationally the occupation is 0.31% of employment (478,090 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.10 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.