Set up or repair rigging for construction projects, manufacturing plants, logging yards, ships and shipyards, or for the entertainment industry.
Median pay ranges from $36,880 to $169,480 depending on the metro. Most people train through: moderate-term on-the-job training. Job growth and openings are national figures.
Nationally, riggers have 79 injuries or illnesses serious enough to miss work per 10,000 full-time workers, about the same as all jobs (87). The most common cause is falls, slips and trips.
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What the median buys once each metro's price level is factored in.
Pay: BLS OEWS, May 2025 (metro-level). Real pay: BEA price parities, 2024. How we calculate
Rigger pay by state
ALAlabama$53,735AZArizona$56,470CACalifornia$75,860COColorado$75,960CTConnecticut$75,640DCDistrict of Columbia$69,030FLFlorida$52,325GAGeorgia$75,670HIHawaii$87,570IDIdaho$72,850ILIllinois$81,860INIndiana$53,610LALouisiana$44,770MEMaine$64,910MDMaryland$91,430MAMassachusetts$53,110MIMichigan$60,625MNMinnesota$87,120MSMississippi$74,380MOMissouri$81,350NENebraska$64,110NVNevada$74,740NYNew York$103,030NCNorth Carolina$57,880NDNorth Dakota$169,480OHOhio$56,950OKOklahoma$44,770OROregon$79,810PAPennsylvania$63,920RIRhode Island$64,260SCSouth Carolina$53,770TNTennessee$42,835TXTexas$50,840UTUtah$97,850VAVirginia$60,790WAWashington$82,070WIWisconsin$65,820
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