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Tower crane operators in NYC can apparently make up to $500k including benefits. The barrier to entry is not low though, it's incredibly hard to become a crane
by toomanybeersies 9y ago
Tower crane operators in NYC can apparently make up to $500k including benefits.
The barrier to entry is not low though, it's incredibly hard to become a crane operator due to the unions.
- jondubois 9y agoWhen I search for salary data for tower crane operators online, it says the salary is around $30k per year. It sounds like you have to network hard and get very lucky to get that 500k per year salary and it probably doesn't last forever. I've heard several stories from older people who said that they were earning ridiculous amounts at some point in their lives but it only lasted a couple of years and then their salaries dropped back to average ranges once their contract ran out and started working for normal companies again. Salaries don't necessarily keep going up based on experience.