SOC 53-7021 · Area 4800002 · May 2025

Crane and Tower Operators

North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area

Published pay and employment

BLS May 2025, North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area. Published annual and hourly estimates.
Measure	Annual pay	Hourly pay
10th percentile	$39,460	$18.97
25th percentile	$42,740	$20.55
Median	$64,480	$31.00
75th percentile	$74,660	$35.90
90th percentile	$83,200	$40.00
Average	$62,200	$29.91

A plus sign marks a lower bound. “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate; “Not available” means no estimate was provided. Hourly figures come from BLS, without dividing annual pay by assumed work hours.

Estimated employment: 120. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.

What these figures tell you

The middle half of annual wages runs from $42,740 to $74,660 in 2025, a span of $31,920.

The area median is $8,800 (12.0%) below Texas's $73,280 median for this occupation in 2025.

Compare with 21 other published areas

This area's median is $18,530 (40.3%) above the $45,950 median in San Angelo, TX.
This area's median is $10,420 (19.3%) above the $54,060 median in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
This area's median is $8,550 (15.3%) above the $55,930 median in Tyler, TX.
This area's median is $8,180 (14.5%) above the $56,300 median in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
This area's median is $3,960 (6.5%) above the $60,520 median in College Station-Bryan, TX.
This area's median is $3,650 (6.0%) above the $60,830 median in Longview, TX.
This area's median is $3,130 (5.1%) above the $61,350 median in Waco, TX.
This area's median is $2,200 (3.5%) above the $62,280 median in El Paso, TX.
This area's median is $1,620 (2.5%) below the $66,100 median in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $3,720 (5.5%) below the $68,200 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
This area's median is $4,160 (6.1%) below the $68,640 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
This area's median is $7,000 (9.8%) below the $71,480 median in Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $8,570 (11.7%) below the $73,050 median in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.
This area's median is $9,720 (13.1%) below the $74,200 median in Corpus Christi, TX.
This area's median is $9,730 (13.1%) below the $74,210 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $10,830 (14.4%) below the $75,310 median in Odessa, TX.
This area's median is $10,880 (14.4%) below the $75,360 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
This area's median is $11,020 (14.6%) below the $75,500 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
This area's median is $11,530 (15.2%) below the $76,010 median in Killeen-Temple, TX.
This area's median is $14,740 (18.6%) below the $79,220 median in Midland, TX.
This area's median is $14,760 (18.6%) below the $79,240 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.

An occupation's pay percentiles describe different jobs in the survey. They do not map directly to starting, mid-career or senior pay.

Which counties share this estimate?

The BLS area covers the counties listed below. Every county listed uses this same area estimate. These are not separate county wage measurements.

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