6 listings on file

Heavy Equipment Operator programs in Maryland

No sponsor in Maryland has published a wage scale, so we can name the 6 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 Maryland

$61,410median, per year

This is what operating engineers and other construction equipment operators earn across Maryland, 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

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Also registered in Maryland · 6

6 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.

• Baltimore Operating Engineers (IUOE 37) JATC · Edgemere, MD
• BALTIMORE OPERATING ENGINEERS JATC · BALTIMORE, MD
• International Union of Operating Engineers Local 77 · Accokeek, MD
• International Union of Operating Engineers Local 99 Joint Apprenticeship Committee · Upper Marlboro, MD
• OPERATING ENGINEERS JATC - LOCAL 77 · SUITLAND, MD
• OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 99 JOINT APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE · UPPER MARLBORO, MD

Requirements, the test, timing

How to actually get in

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