Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2006

47-2072 Pile-Driver Operators

Operate pile drivers mounted on skids, barges, crawler treads, or locomotive cranes to drive pilings for retaining walls, bulkheads, and foundations of structures, such as buildings, bridges, and piers.

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
State profile for this occupation
Metropolitan area profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1) Employment
RSE (3)
Mean hourly
wage
Mean annual
wage (2)
Wage RSE (3)
5,280 9.1 % $24.02 $49,950 2.7 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median)
75% 90%
Hourly Wage $12.83 $16.31 $22.20 $31.65 $37.28
Annual Wage (2) $26,690 $33,930 $46,180 $65,820 $77,540

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage
Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 1,840 $26.02 $54,120
Other Specialty Trade Contractors 1,120 $22.61 $47,020
Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction 1,110 $23.19 $48,240
Utility System Construction 640 $25.90 $53,880
Nonresidential Building Construction 200 $18.89 $39,290

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage
Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 1,840 $26.02 $54,120
Utility System Construction 640 $25.90 $53,880
Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction 1,110 $23.19 $48,240
Other Specialty Trade Contractors 1,120 $22.61 $47,020
State Government (OES designation) 40 $21.33 $44,370

State profile for this occupation: Top

States with the highest published employment concentrations and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all States with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of State employment
Louisiana 290 $20.85 $43,370 0.016%
Mississippi 120 $16.21 $33,720 0.011%
Massachusetts 240 $30.83 $64,130 0.008%
Washington 190 $27.80 $57,820 0.007%
Indiana 210 $36.57 $76,070 0.007%

Top paying States for this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of State employment
Indiana 210 $36.57 $76,070 0.007%
Illinois 240 $32.17 $66,920 0.004%
California 870 $31.64 $65,810 0.006%
Massachusetts 240 $30.83 $64,130 0.008%
Minnesota 60 $28.86 $60,020 0.002%

Metropolitan area profile for this occupation: Top

Metropolitan areas with the highest published employment concentrations and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all Metropolitan areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of MSA employment
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 220 $32.80 $68,230 0.021%
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 100 $18.32 $38,110 0.013%
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 60 $17.75 $36,920 0.013%
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 130 $19.10 $39,730 0.013%
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 170 $31.58 $65,690 0.010%

Top paying Metropolitan areas for this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of MSA employment
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 150 $33.15 $68,950 0.004%
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 220 $32.80 $68,230 0.021%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division (8) $32.48 $67,560 (8)
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 170 $31.58 $65,690 0.010%
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 40 $30.46 $63,360 0.004%

About May 2006 National, State, Metropolitan, and nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas in every State and the District of Columbia. The top five employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable Excel files (XLS).

Percentile wage estimates show the percentage of workers in an occupation that earn less than a given wage and the percentage that earn more. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.


(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

(8) Estimate not released.

Other OES estimates and related information:

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Last Modified Date: December 6, 2007