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Average Logging Equipment Operators Salary in Bangor, ME

Logging Equipment Operators in Bangor, ME earn a median annual salary of $44,060, which is -11.4% compared to the national median. There are 130 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Bangor, ME (metro area).

$44,060
Bangor, ME median annual wage
$21/hour median
-11.4%
Difference vs national median
National median is $49,740
130
Local employment
1.9 jobs per 1,000 workers
13.73
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$38,630
25th
$43,320
Median
$44,060
75th
$47,950
90th
$59,080

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Bangor, ME, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
96.5%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$45,654
Goods: 97.2%
Services: 134.8%
Rents: 77.7%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
Bellingham, WA $77,310 Compare 50
Longview-Kelso, WA $76,980 Compare 180
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $75,140 Compare 110
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $74,790 Compare 110
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA $71,620 Compare 30
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $64,520 Compare 290

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Bangor, ME

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Radiologists $550,480 N/A
Physicians, All Other $389,240 0.67
Family Medicine Physicians $250,350 1.55
Nurse Anesthetists $239,000 3.28
Dentists, General $204,780 0.90
Chief Executives $176,370 2.03
Pharmacists $145,210 1.31
Computer And Information Systems Managers $136,680 0.39

Bangor, ME has salary data for 308 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Radiologists.

Historical series

Trend for Logging Equipment Operators in Bangor, ME

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Logging Equipment Operators are projected to change by -1.4% from 2024 to 2034, with 4,200 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.