SALARY · OPERATING ENGINEERS AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT OPERATORS · COLORADO

Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators salary in Colorado

Salary talk gets noisy fast, so I try to keep it plain. In Colorado, operating engineers and other construction equipment operators earned a median of $62,620 a year. From there, this page walks through the range, the hourly rate, how many people do the job here, and what stays in your pocket after federal tax and FICA.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$62,620

$30 per hour at the median · That is $2,770 (4.6 percent) above the national median of $59,850 for this occupation.

$64,550Mean annual salary
$31Mean hourly wage
$11,700People employed in this job in Colorado

Salary range

25th: $57,700Median: $62,62075th: $73,670
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$57,700
Median (50th percentile)$62,620
75th percentile$73,670
Mean$64,550

The middle half of workers earned from $57,700 to $73,670 a year. Employment size matters too. A field with many workers in a state usually means more openings and more room to move employers without moving states. A small field can pay well but offer fewer ways in.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$50,448 a year
$4,204 a month
Federal tax $5,334 · FICA $4,790 · State tax $2,047

Caveat: the Colorado worksheet was retrieved via a reproduction, not a direct tax.colorado.gov page, and TABOR refunds are excluded.

The Denver occupational privilege tax is a flat dollar charge and is not in this figure.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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