Nashville, TN · 2025 pay · 57 people
How much does an equipment operator make in Nashville, TN?
$49,954typical pay for a equipment operator in 2025
$47,430 – $53,365what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 8.7% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Metro Nashville · Matches the agency's latest release · nashville.gov ↗
Where equipment operators work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Related jobs and the next step up
Same line of work at a different rank, by typical pay (full-year employees where we can tell).
- Equipment Operator (this page)$49,954 (everyone)
- Equipment Operator Senior$58,345 (everyone)
Highest-paid equipment operators, 2025
- 1Jesse R TownsendEquipment Operator · Metro Nashville$62,348
- 2Terrence C McmillanEquipment Operator · Metro Nashville$61,562
- 3Travis A Cook HinsonEquipment Operator · Metro Nashville$59,663
- 4Leroy N GrinsteadEquipment Operator · Metro Nashville$58,643
- 5William A ShadowensEquipment Operator · Metro Nashville$57,785
Common questions
How much does an equipment operator make in Nashville, TN?
The typical equipment operator was paid $49,954 in 2025; most earned between $47,430 and $53,365. This counts all 57 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 3.8% of all pay for equipment operators in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Equipment Operator, at any level (for example "Equipment Operator"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this