Jobs Similar to Logging Equipment Operators
The careers below use the most similar skills, knowledge and work activities to logging equipment operators, according to O*NET 31.0. The closest are Continuous Mining Machine Operators, Earth Drillers and Dredge Operators.
Logging Equipment Operators: $49,740 median pay · usual preparation: High school.
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
The 20 most similar careers
- 1Continuous Mining Machine Operators
80% similar · $61,810 (+24%) · High school
- 2Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas
80% similar · $60,190 (+21%) · High school
- 3Dredge Operators
80% similar · $49,640 (0%) · High school
- 4Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
79% similar · $42,770 (−14%) · High school
- 5Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining
79% similar · $74,500 (+50%) · High school
- 6Helpers--Extraction Workers
79% similar · $47,730 (−4%) · High school
- 7Roof Bolters, Mining
79% similar · $78,540 (+58%) · High school
- 8Fallers
79% similar · $52,100 (+5%) · High school · Same group
- 9Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining
79% similar · $57,430 (+15%) · High school
- 10Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
78% similar · $59,850 (+20%) · High school
- 11Pile Driver Operators
78% similar · $73,300 (+47%) · High school
- 12Tree Trimmers and Pruners
78% similar · $50,960 (+2%) · High school
- 13Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
77% similar · $46,960 (−6%) · High school
- 14Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas
77% similar · $58,620 (+18%) · High school
- 15Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
77% similar · $54,430 (+9%) · High school
- 16Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
77% similar · $96,710 (+94%) · High school
- 17Power Plant Operators
77% similar · $102,040 (+105%) · High school
- 18Crane and Tower Operators
76% similar · $68,080 (+37%) · Training or associate
- 19Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
76% similar · $46,460 (−7%) · High school
- 20Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
76% similar · $70,070 (+41%) · High school
Similarity: weighted correlation of O*NET 31.0 transferable skills (35%), knowledge (25%), work activities (15%) and interests (15%). Pay and schooling do not change it. Pay change compares BLS May 2025 national medians; careers with only a broader BLS group wage are not compared. “Same group”: the same BLS occupation group (SOC minor group). Methodology
Similar jobs that pay more
Only careers that usually need no more preparation than logging equipment operators.
- Power Plant Operators77% similar · $102,040 (+105%)
- Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers77% similar · $96,710 (+94%)
- Roof Bolters, Mining79% similar · $78,540 (+58%)
- Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining79% similar · $74,500 (+50%)
- Pile Driver Operators78% similar · $73,300 (+47%)
- Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators76% similar · $70,070 (+41%)
Thinking of a career change?
Similar is not the same as a good next step. Our career-change list for logging equipment operators also weighs pay drops and extra schooling, and puts jobs outside the field first.
Jobs that can lead here
Careers where logging equipment operators is one of the best career-change matches (match score in brackets).
- Tree Trimmers and Pruners (85)
- Dredge Operators (80)
- Helpers--Extraction Workers (79)
- Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood (79)
- Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining (77)
- Roustabouts, Oil and Gas (77)
- Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors (76)
- Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas (75)
- Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators (75)
- Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas (74)
Questions about jobs like logging equipment operators
What jobs are most similar to logging equipment operators?
By O*NET 31.0 data, the closest are Continuous Mining Machine Operators (80% similar), Earth Drillers (80% similar), Dredge Operators (80% similar), Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood (79% similar) and Loading and Moving Machine Operators (79% similar).
Which jobs like logging equipment operators pay more?
Among the 20 most similar careers, Power Plant Operators ($102,040, +105%; usually a high school diploma), Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers ($96,710, +94%; usually a high school diploma) and Roof Bolters ($78,540, +58%; usually a high school diploma) have the highest BLS median pay compared with logging equipment operators ($49,740). Without more preparation than logging equipment operators usually need: Power Plant Operators, Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers and Roof Bolters.
How is the similarity percentage worked out?
We compare how important each transferable skill, knowledge area, work activity and interest area is in both jobs (O*NET 31.0 ratings) with a weighted correlation. 100% would mean the same profile. Unlike our career-change matches, pay and extra schooling do not lower the similarity on this page.