What is the SCA wage rate for heavy equipment operators by state?

Across 1,521 active Service Contract Act wage determinations, the median base rate for a heavy equipment operator (occupation 23440) is $28.18 per hour nationally; the highest state median is $40.93 in Illinois and the lowest is $14.54 in PR.

Essential statistics

• National range across all determinations: $13.35 to $59.97 per hour base wage.
• Top three state medians: Illinois $40.93, California $37.67, Hawaii $37.28.
• 54 of 55 states and territories have a median base rate of $20 or more per hour for heavy equipment operators.
• Median fringe (health and welfare) where the top state's determinations list it: $5.92 per hour, paid on top of the base rate.
• 1,032 rate lines for this occupation across the active determinations, refreshed weekly from SAM.gov.

SCA Heavy Equipment Operator Wages by State: top 15 state medians

What this means

A Service Contract Act wage determination sets the minimum hourly base wage and fringe benefits a federal service contractor must pay each covered occupation in a locality. Bidders price labor from these floors, so the state medians here are the practical starting point for a heavy equipment operator line in a federal service bid.

Per-state figures aggregate every active determination that lists the state; multi-state determinations count for each state they cover. Base wage only is ranked, with the median fringe shown separately. Davis-Bacon (construction) determinations are excluded from this series until their coverage is verified complete.

To price a specific solicitation, use the determination number incorporated in that solicitation rather than a state median; the median tells you where your locality sits in the national range.