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Riggers earn $62,640 a year at the midpoint

The middle of the pay scale for riggers is $62,640. A typical start is nearer $48,210; the top tenth earn about $97,850.

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$62,640median a year · United States
$30.12an hour $66,810average 22,530people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$48,21025th $62,640median $80,18075th
$40,68010th percentile $97,85090th percentile
$48,210a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$105,600best-paying state · New York
$37,440lowest-paying state · New Mexico
+69%top state against the national median
  • Read the spread, not the middle. The median is the midpoint across everyone in the occupation, most of them years into the work. A beginner starts nearer the 10th to 25th percentile, which is why the spread is published alongside it.
  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
  • Where you live moves it more than your resume does. National figures. A state or metro area can sit far from the national number, and that gap is usually larger than any difference a resume makes.
  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

State matters a lotThe same job pays $105,600 in New York and $37,440 in New Mexico — a gap of $68,160 a year.

Rigger earnings, from starting pay up to the top 10%

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Neighbouring work, and what it pays

Occupations in the same group of the federal classification — the usual next steps, or the ones beside this one.

Riggers$62,640
Signal and Track Switch Repairers$92,460+$29,820 Commercial Divers$72,990+$10,350 Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers$47,450−$15,190

Rigger pay rate, hourly to yearly

Starts at this job’s median. Change the rate or the hours; a full-time year is 40 hours for 52 weeks.

$62,650a year

Rigger wages in each state

The 36 states where the most people do this work, of 43 with a published figure: their medians range by 2.82 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
New York $105,600 $47,610 $47,610 — $129,780 650
Oregon $94,470 $46,320 $46,320 — $128,690 290
Utah $93,640 $72,810 $72,810 — $97,850 490
Maryland $91,420 $47,160 $47,160 — $97,410 230
Minnesota $87,120 $48,500 $48,500 — $106,000 190
California $85,730 $53,190 $53,190 — $127,810 2,260
Hawaii $84,410 $59,820 $59,820 — $96,350 170
New Jersey $82,130 $48,360 $48,360 — $115,690 200
Nevada $81,720 $46,400 $46,400 — $100,100 860
North Dakota $77,890 $65,210 $65,210 — $169,480 140
Washington $77,100 $58,120 $58,120 — $105,100 910
Colorado $73,720 $53,290 $53,290 — $98,510 310
Connecticut $67,560 $50,870 $50,870 — $81,780 350
Georgia $67,200 $46,300 $46,300 — $96,150 700
Maine $64,910 $54,180 $54,180 — $81,990 330
Rhode Island $64,260 $50,160 $50,160 — $81,540 160
Virginia $63,620 $49,160 $49,160 — $76,540 1,920
Mississippi $63,390 $47,390 $47,390 — $72,800 320
Iowa $62,400 $43,030 $43,030 — $71,810 200
Pennsylvania $60,140 $44,980 $44,980 — $79,560 360
Michigan $58,490 $36,600 $36,600 — $70,620 380
Ohio $58,380 $38,210 $38,210 — $83,840 290
Alabama $57,980 $42,000 $42,000 — $73,370 460
North Carolina $56,640 $45,760 $45,760 — $72,340 440
Missouri $54,190 $37,560 $37,560 — $83,610 190
Massachusetts $53,500 $35,360 $35,360 — $99,490 240
Florida $52,390 $40,140 $40,140 — $78,690 910
Arizona $52,370 $47,640 $47,640 — $76,980 250
Texas $51,980 $41,960 $41,960 — $81,110 3,770
South Carolina $51,020 $40,750 $40,750 — $87,160 470
Wisconsin $49,640 $41,510 $41,510 — $78,780 170
Oklahoma $48,490 $37,050 $37,050 — $74,090 300
Tennessee $47,180 $36,590 $36,590 — $57,110 310
Indiana $46,090 $40,670 $40,670 — $78,830 330
Louisiana $43,660 $29,220 $29,220 — $75,180 1,840
New Mexico $37,440 $37,010 $37,010 — $69,820 230

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  • Tested rigging to ensure safety and reliability.
  • Signaled or verbally direct workers engaged in hoisting and moving loads to ensure safety of workers and materials.
  • Controlled movement of heavy equipment through narrow openings or confined spaces, using chainfalls, gin poles, gallows frames, and other equipment.

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No. 367 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 53% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 365 Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers $62,750
  2. 366 Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education $62,680
  3. 367 Riggers $62,640
  4. 368 Athletic Trainers $62,520
  5. 369 Chefs and head cooks $62,470

Questions people ask

What is a rigger’s yearly income?

A rigger makes a median of $62,640 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $48,210 and $80,180.

What is a rigger’s hourly pay rate?

The median pay rate is $30.12 an hour; the average is $66,810 a year.

What is the starting pay for a rigger?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $48,210 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $40,680.

Which state pays riggers the most?

New York, with a median of $105,600 a year.

How many people work as riggers?

About 22,530 in the United States — number 367 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Jobs that pay about the same

Median pay within $170 of what riggers earn — $62,640 a year — but not always the same spread.

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