2 listings on file

Heavy Equipment Operator programs in Rhode Island

No sponsor in Rhode Island has published a wage scale, so we can name the 2 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 Rhode Island

$63,610median, per year

This is what operating engineers and other construction equipment operators earn across Rhode Island, 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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Name and place only

Also registered in Rhode Island · 2

2 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.

• Int. Union of Operating Engineers Local 57 · Johnston, RI
• International Union of Operating Engineers Local 57 · Johnston, RI

Requirements, the test, timing

How to actually get in

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