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Crane Operator Salaries in the United States

How much does a Crane Operator make in the United States?

Crane Operators earn $42,000 annually on average, or $20 per hour, which is 44% less than the national average for all working Americans. Our data indicates that the best paid Crane Operators work for Becon Construction at $86,000 annually while the lowest paid Crane Operators work for American Spring Wire earning approximately $26,000 each year.

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$70K Zachry Holdings' Average Crane Operator Salary (5 salaries)

+$28K (50%) more than national average Crane Operator salary ($42K)
+$18K (29%) more than average Zachry Holdings salary ($52K)
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+$45K (48%) more than average Zachry Holdings Crane Operator salary ($70K)
"Pay is always based on experience"
-$10K (15%) less than average Zachry Holdings Crane Operator salary ($70K)
+$1K (1%) more than average Zachry Holdings Crane Operator salary ($70K)
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$100K Streamline Automation's Average Crane Operator Salary (1 salaries)

+$58K (81%) more than national average Crane Operator salary ($42K)
+$75K (120%) more than average Streamline Automation salary ($25K)
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Equal to average Streamline Automation Crane Operator salary ($100K)
"much higher"

$84K Murray & Roberts' Average Crane Operator Salary (1 salaries)

+$42K (66%) more than national average Crane Operator salary ($42K)
+$32K (47%) more than average Murray & Roberts salary ($52K)
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Equal to average Murray & Roberts Crane Operator salary ($84K)
"I started with 20$ per hour in 2012 it grows up to 35$ yearly till 2019 while others were getting less than I get"

$60K Performance Energy Services' Average Crane Operator Salary (1 salaries)

+$18K (35%) more than national average Crane Operator salary ($42K)
-$45K (54%) less than average Performance Energy Services salary ($105K)
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Equal to average Performance Energy Services Crane Operator salary ($60K)
"Its ok but not the best I have earned."

$38K Ratner steel's Average Crane Operator Salary (1 salaries)

-$4K (10%) less than national average Crane Operator salary ($42K)
Equal to average Ratner steel salary ($38K)
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Equal to average Ratner steel Crane Operator salary ($38K)
"You get paid a lot less here than most other steel places and its not union"

$25K LG Electronics' Average Crane Operator Salary (1 salaries)

-$17K (50%) less than national average Crane Operator salary ($42K)
-$30K (75%) less than average LG Electronics salary ($55K)
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Equal to average LG Electronics Crane Operator salary ($25K)
"LG does not like to pay you for the amount or quality of wit that you perform for them. If someone is driving a forklift or operating a crane, they would still get paid the same amount as everyone else aside from supervisors, given that heavy equipment operators are required to go through more extensive and frequent training and certification courses"

$43K AK Steel's Average Crane Operator Salary (14 salaries)

+$1K (2%) more than national average Crane Operator salary ($42K)
-$8K (17%) less than average AK Steel salary ($51K)
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-$11K (29%) less than average AK Steel Crane Operator salary ($43K)
-$8K (20%) less than average AK Steel Crane Operator salary ($43K)
-$8K (20%) less than average AK Steel Crane Operator salary ($43K)
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$39K Strom Engineering's Average Crane Operator Salary (9 salaries)

-$3K (7%) less than national average Crane Operator salary ($42K)
-$7K (16%) less than average Strom Engineering salary ($46K)
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+$17K (35%) more than average Strom Engineering Crane Operator salary ($39K)
-$7K (19%) less than average Strom Engineering Crane Operator salary ($39K)
+$6K (14%) more than average Strom Engineering Crane Operator salary ($39K)
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$44K Parsec Automation's Average Crane Operator Salary (6 salaries)

+$2K (4%) more than national average Crane Operator salary ($42K)
+$7K (17%) more than average Parsec Automation salary ($37K)
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-$4K (9%) less than average Parsec Automation Crane Operator salary ($44K)
-$8K (20%) less than average Parsec Automation Crane Operator salary ($44K)
-$14K (37%) less than average Parsec Automation Crane Operator salary ($44K)
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$57K Maxim Crane Works' Average Crane Operator Salary (5 salaries)

+$15K (30%) more than national average Crane Operator salary ($42K)
+$9K (17%) more than average Maxim Crane Works salary ($48K)
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-$6K (11%) less than average Maxim Crane Works Crane Operator salary ($57K)
+$14K (21%) more than average Maxim Crane Works Crane Operator salary ($57K)
-$9K (17%) less than average Maxim Crane Works Crane Operator salary ($57K)
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