Logging Equipment Operators build operation and control, operations monitoring and equipment maintenance skills that carry over to other work. Below are 25 careers ranked by how closely their skills match, with pay from BLS May 2025. The closest match is Continuous Mining Machine Operators (90%).
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
Sorted by skill match.
| # | Career | Skill match | Median pay | Pay change | Extra education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Continuous Mining Machine Operators | 90% | $61,810 | +24% | None |
| 2 | Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining | 89% | $74,500 | +50% | None |
| 3 | Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining | 89% | $57,430 | +15% | None |
| 4 | Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators | 88% | $59,850 | +20% | None |
| 5 | Hoist and Winch Operators | 85% | $56,450 | +13% | None |
| 6 | Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas | 84% | $60,190 | +21% | None |
| 7 | Helpers--Extraction Workers | 83% | $47,730 | −4% | None |
| 8 | Roustabouts, Oil and Gas | 81% | $46,960 | −6% | None |
| 9 | Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood | 81% | $42,770 | −14% | None |
| 10 | Dredge Operators | 80% | $49,640 | 0% | None |
Compared with Logging Equipment Operators, median $49,740. Skill match is our estimate (0–99) from O*NET 31.0 skills, knowledge, work activities and interests, adjusted for preparation and big pay drops. Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025, national median.
How important each skill is in work as logging equipment operators (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
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A concrete first step, the skills to add, and the hard parts of each job, from O*NET 31.0 education, training and work context data.
90% skill match · $61,810 · +24% pay
Installation · Operations Analysis · Management of Personnel Resources
89% skill match · $74,500 · +50% pay
Coordination · Operations Analysis
89% skill match · $57,430 · +15% pay
Management of Personnel Resources · Technology Design · Persuasion
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Continuous Mining Machine Operators (90% skill match, median $61,810), Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining (89% skill match, median $74,500) and Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining (89% skill match, median $57,430), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 17 pay more than logging equipment operators at the median. The biggest increases: Power Plant Operators (+105%, $102,040), Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers (+94%, $96,710) and Roof Bolters, Mining (+58%, $78,540).
24 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones.
We compare the importance of skills, knowledge, work activities and interests in O*NET 31.0 for your job and every other career, then adjust for extra preparation and big pay drops. The full method is on our Methodology page.