Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operator resume

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Also called asphalt paving machine operator, asphalt paving operator, bituminous paving machine operator and concrete paving machine operator.

$53,340: Median pay a year
41,820: People do this work
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Operating road-surfacing equipment
Loading materials into construction equipment
Monitoring construction operations
Inspecting equipment or tools
Cleaning equipment and facilities
Spreading sand
Compacting materials
Spreading concrete or mixtures
Assembling temporary structures
Building construction forms or molds
Applying material
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Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operator

Summary

Paving equipment operator using machines to spread and level asphalt on road beds, maintaining equipment and coordinating traffic around work areas

Experience

Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operator

Where you worked

Month Year to Month Year

Operated paving machines to spread, smooth, and level asphalt on road beds
Started machines and controlled operations using levers and clutches
Filled machines with paving materials and maintained material flow
Inspected and cleaned equipment, and reported issues to supervisors
Drove machines onto trailers and transported them to job sites
Set up and tore down equipment according to job needs
Coordinated truck dumping and controlled traffic around work areas

Skills

Hands-On Work: Operating road-surfacing equipment, Loading materials into construction equipment, Cleaning equipment and facilities, Spreading sand, Compacting materials, Spreading concrete or mixtures, Assembling temporary structures, Building construction forms or molds
Core Skills: Monitoring construction operations, Driver's license, Inspecting equipment or tools

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High School Diploma
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Started and guided paving machines to ensure precise material placement and alignment.
Controlled paving machines to assist dump trucks, maintaining a steady flow of materials.

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Guided paving machines on every job site I worked on to ensure precise material placement and alignment

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Every job site I worked onMost shifts I operated machinesDaily during paving operations

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Controlled paving machines to assist dump trucks, maintaining a steady flow of materials.

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Reduced delays in material deliveryImproved overall paving efficiencyMinimized material waste during operations

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What a Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operator does

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Operate equipment used for applying concrete, asphalt, or other materials to road beds, parking lots, or airport runways and taxiways or for tamping gravel, dirt, or other materials. Includes concrete and asphalt paving machine operators, form tampers, tamping machine operators, and stone spreader operators.

What it pays

How much does a Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operator make?

Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.

25th percentile	$45,610
Median	$53,340
75th percentile	$64,720

About 41,820 people do this work in the United States.

What it pays in each state

State	25th percentile	Median	75th percentile
AK	$66,830	$83,520	$100,240
AL	$36,900	$41,880	$49,110
AR	$38,050	$44,010	$48,690
AZ	$49,860	$52,140	$75,710
CA	$64,270	$83,130	$126,640
CO	$48,810	$58,810	$62,610
CT	$61,230	$77,480	$96,160
DC	$72,180	$91,280	$91,280
DE	$31,200	$54,020	$58,580
FL	$40,140	$46,840	$51,950
GA	$39,350	$46,100	$49,200
HI	$83,300	$111,360	$111,370
IA	$57,100	$61,110	$61,130
ID	$57,050	$73,210	$96,250
IL	$56,000	$73,060	$102,240
IN	$46,110	$50,380	$67,150
KS	$45,900	$49,070	$60,450
KY	$40,720	$45,660	$49,570
LA	$43,570	$48,450	$64,020
MA	$55,790	$60,950	$77,940
MD	$52,360	$60,530	$63,130
ME	$49,590	$57,020	$74,670
MI	$45,420	$54,220	$62,380
MN	$61,930	$68,180	$80,450
MO	$48,930	$69,400	$92,420
MS	$33,460	$37,030	$45,260
MT	$48,890	$55,920	$68,180
NC	$40,630	$47,820	$53,890
NE	$43,480	$45,760	$53,480
NH	$56,780	$62,080	$72,540
NJ	$44,450	$50,500	$59,600
NM	$39,960	$45,880	$51,430
NV	$46,410	$51,400	$64,390
NY	$56,840	$62,760	$98,120
OH	$47,490	$60,280	$79,610
OK	$44,680	$46,760	$50,240
OR	$59,950	$63,310	$73,930
PA	$48,720	$56,010	$63,600
PR	$27,440	$29,460	$32,900
RI	$59,410	$63,060	$77,580
SC	$40,160	$46,950	$49,150
SD	$54,830	$60,140	$69,680
TN	$37,770	$42,510	$51,740
TX	$41,620	$47,060	$54,610
UT	$45,930	$48,860	$62,470
VA	$43,590	$48,060	$57,620
VT	$49,930	$54,830	$62,050
WA	$73,810	$90,530	$102,000
WI	$50,380	$69,020	$91,230
WV	$45,370	$51,230	$58,390
WY	$51,940	$58,080	$65,420

Other names

Other names for this job

asphalt paving machine operator, asphalt paving operator, bituminous paving machine operator, concrete paving machine operator, paving crew member, paving equipment operator, paving machine operator, paving operator, paving surfacing and tamping equipment operators, asphalt distributor operator, asphalt distributor tender, asphalt equipment crew member.

More names for this work

asphalt equipment operator, asphalt paver, asphalt paver operator, asphalt plant operator, asphalt raker, asphalt roller operator, asphalt screed operator, asphalt screedman, asphalt spreader operator, asphalt surface heater operator, asphalt tamping machine operator, black top machine operator, black top paver operator, black top roller, black top spreader machine operator, blacktop paver operator, concrete and asphalt equipment operator, concrete equipment crew member, concrete finishing machine operator, crew member, curb machine operator, equipment operator, form grader, form tamper, form tamper operator, heater planer operator, joint cleaning machine operator, joint grooving machine operator, joint machine operator, loader operator, machine operator, maintenance equipment operator, MEO, mechanical spreader operator, mud jack operator, paver operator, reinforcing steel machine operator, road mixer operator, road oiling truck driver, road packer operator, road roller operator, roller machine operator, roller operator, screed operator, steam roller operator, stone spreader operator, strike off machine operator, tamping machine operator.

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What you have not done yet. Cleaning equipment and facilities, Spreading sand, Compacting materials

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Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operator

Operating road-surfacing equipment
Loading materials into construction equipment
Monitoring construction operations
Inspecting equipment or tools

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This page is about the occupation Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.