Jobs Similar to Pile Driver Operators
The careers below use the most similar skills, knowledge and work activities to pile driver operators, according to O*NET 31.0. The closest are Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators, Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators and Hydroelectric Plant Technicians.
Pile Driver Operators: $73,300 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
- 1Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
83% similar · $70,070 (−4%) · High school
- 2Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining
83% similar · $57,430 (−22%) · High school
- 3Hydroelectric Plant Technicians
82% similar · $102,040 (broader group) · Training or associate
- 4Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas
81% similar · $60,190 (−18%) · High school
- 5Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
81% similar · $53,340 (−27%) · High school · Same group
- 6Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
81% similar · $59,850 (−18%) · High school · Same group
- 7Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
81% similar · $49,880 (−32%) · High school
- 8Crane and Tower Operators
81% similar · $68,080 (−7%) · Training or associate
- 9Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
81% similar · $46,960 (−36%) · High school
- 10Wellhead Pumpers
80% similar · $69,960 (−5%) · High school
- 11Helpers--Extraction Workers
79% similar · $47,730 (−35%) · High school
- 12Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
79% similar · $53,710 (−27%) · High school
- 13Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters
79% similar · $47,550 (−35%) · High school
- 14Continuous Mining Machine Operators
79% similar · $61,810 (−16%) · High school
- 15Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
79% similar · $43,380 (−41%) · High school
- 16Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons
79% similar · $61,290 (−16%) · High school
- 17Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
79% similar · $42,770 (−42%) · High school
- 18Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators
79% similar · $77,320 (+5%) · High school
- 19Rail Car Repairers
79% similar · $67,530 (−8%) · High school
- 20Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
78% similar · $52,800 (−28%) · 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 pile driver operators.
Thinking of a career change?
Similar is not the same as a good next step. Our career-change list for pile driver operators also weighs pay drops and extra schooling, and puts jobs outside the field first.
Jobs that can lead here
Careers where pile driver operators is one of the best career-change matches (match score in brackets).
- Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators (93)
- Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining (90)
- Crane and Tower Operators (85)
- Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas (85)
- Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas (85)
- Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators (85)
- Roustabouts, Oil and Gas (85)
- Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining (84)
- Continuous Mining Machine Operators (83)
- Highway Maintenance Workers (83)
Questions about jobs like pile driver operators
What jobs are most similar to pile driver operators?
By O*NET 31.0 data, the closest are Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators (83% similar), Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators (83% similar), Hydroelectric Plant Technicians (82% similar), Earth Drillers (81% similar) and Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators (81% similar).
Which jobs like pile driver operators pay more?
Among the 20 most similar careers, Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators ($77,320, +5%; usually a high school diploma) have the highest BLS median pay compared with pile driver operators ($73,300). Without more preparation than pile driver operators usually need: Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators.
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.