SOC 47-2072 · Construction and Extraction Occupations · May 2025

How much do Pile Driver Operators make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Pile Driver Operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $106,660. The 10th percentile is $71,630 and the 90th percentile is $128,380. Employment is 130.

Median annual wage

$106,660

10th percentile
$71,630
25th percentile
$97,470
Median
$106,660
75th percentile
$124,600
90th percentile
$128,380
Mean
$106,650

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Pile Driver Operators, the published 10th percentile is $71,630 and the 90th percentile is $128,380. The difference is $56,750, which is 53.2% 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 $97,470 to the 75th at $124,600, covers $27,130.

The mean annual wage is $106,650, which sits below the median of $106,660. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median is 45.5% higher than the national median of $73,300 for Pile Driver Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $93,919, which is 28.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.3% lower than the California median of $110,340.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $106,660 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Pile Driver Operators at $93,919 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Pile Driver Operators. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 1st of 2 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).).

  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is 121 miles away, with a median of $104,870 and employment of 50. That median is 1.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $98,523, against $93,919 here.

Employment share

Pile Driver Operators accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (130 of 6,271,560). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (2,310 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.40 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · Pile Driver Operators by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Pile Driver Operators make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Pile Driver Operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $106,660. The 10th percentile is $71,630 and the 90th percentile is $128,380. Employment is 130.

How does that compare with the national median for Pile Driver Operators?

The local median is 45.5% higher than the national median of $73,300.

What is Pile Driver Operators pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $106,660 is $93,919. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA compare with nearby metros for Pile Driver Operators?

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 121 miles away, at $104,870. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.