4 listings on file

Heavy Equipment Operator programs in California

No sponsor in California has published a wage scale, so we can name the 4 registered apprenticeships below but not what they pay. That is a gap in the public record, not a verdict on which is the better deal.

What the job pays in California

$87,160median, per year

This is what operating engineers and other construction equipment operators earn across California, half above and half below. It is an experienced-worker figure, not a starting wage. Nationally the median is $59,850.

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, SOC 47-2073 · survey 2025-05 · retrieved 2026-08-26

50-mile radius

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California is a big place. Enter your ZIP code to see Heavy Equipment Operator programs within 50 miles, paid apprenticeships first.

Name and place only

Also registered in California · 4

4 sponsors appear in the federal register for this trade. It records that they exist and where, and nothing about pay, cost or intake. To reach one, search its name on the apprenticeship.gov partner finder, or call your state apprenticeship office.

• JOINT APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE FOR OPERATING ENGINEERS FOR THE 46 NORTHERN COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA · SLOUGHHOUSE, CA
• Operating Engineers JATC for 46 Northern Counties in CA · SLOUGHHOUSE, CA
• SO CA Operating Engineers JAC · Whittier, CA
• SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OPERATING ENGINEERS JOINT APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE · WHITTIER, CA

Requirements, the test, timing

How to actually get in

Finding the program is the easy part. The application is where people fall down.