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Construction equipment operator
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Key facts
+4.6%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesThis job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is low. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, low according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +4.6% (BLS).
The job
Operates excavators, bulldozers, cranes or graders on construction and civil works sites.
102 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- 360 degree excavator operator
- aggregate driver
- backhoe excavator operator
- bull dozer driver
- bull dozer operator
- bulldozer driver
- bulldozer operative
- bulldozer operator
- civil engineering project worker
- construction plant operator
- construction plant operator, excavator
- construction plant operator, grader
- construction plant operator, scraper
- construction worker on roads
- dozer driver
- dozer operative
- dozer/crawler driver
- dredde operator
- dredge operator
- dredge operatr
- dredger operator
- earthmover driver
- earthmover operator
- equipment operator, excavator
- excavation worker
- excavator
- excavator operator
- grader driver
- grader operative
- grader operator
- grader worker
- heavy plant operator, excavator
- heavy plant operator, grader
- heavy plant operator, scraper
- highway construction worker
- highways
- motor-grader driver
- motor-scraper driver
- paver
- pile drivin' hammer operator
- pile driving hamer operator
- pile driving hammer operative
- pile driving hammer operator
- pile hammer operator
- pile-driver operative
- pile-driver operator
- piledriver
- piling equipment operative
- piling equipment operator
- piling operative
- plant operator, excavator
- plant operator, grader
- plant operator, scraper
- port dredge operator
- port dredger operator
- quarry earth moving equipment operative
- quarry plant operator
- rad construction worker
- ride on road roller operator
- ride on roller driver
- ride on roller operator
- road constructinn worker
- road construction operative
- road construction project worker
- road construction worcker
- road construction worker
- road costruction worker
- road paver
- road paviour
- road roller driver
- road roller operator
- roading construction worker
- rod construction worker
- roller driver
- roller operative
- roller operator
- roller-compactor driver
- roller-compactor operator
- rough roller operator
- runway construction worker
- scraper driver
- scraper operative
- scraper operator
- scraper worker
- snow plougher
- snow removal worker
- snow remover
- snow-clearing worker
- surface mine plant operator
- surface miner (heavy equipment)
- surface miner equipment operator
- surface mining heavy equipment driver
- surfacing worker
- tipper driver
- towed-scraper driver
- towed-scraper operator
- tracked excavator operator
- vibrating roller driver
- vibrating roller operator
- walk-behind road roller operator
- walk-behind roller operator
- worker
Training
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Gauges
Risk 2/5 · Low
AI exposureLowBLS AI exposure category "low" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)
Employment outlookGrowthBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayAverageBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $59,850
EntryQuickBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.