Excavator operator
What you will do
- Dig and grade with an excavator
- Read drawings and follow the survey marks
- Do the machine's daily maintenance
- Follow site safety rules
You must have
- [Number] years as an excavator operator
- A machine operator's certificate
- Ready to work on different sites
Good to have
- Experience with 3D machine control
- A category C driving licence
- How to apply
- [your link], by [date]
- Your answer
- Everyone who applies hears back by [date]
Job title Excavator operator Where [town or region], on building sites Hours Full time, [schedule] Pay [amount] to [amount] € a month before tax Contract [Permanent or fixed term], starting [date] What you will do • Dig and grade with an excavator • Read drawings and follow the survey marks • Do the machine's daily maintenance • Follow site safety rules You must have • [Number] years as an excavator operator • A machine operator's certificate • Ready to work on different sites Good to have • Experience with 3D machine control • A category C driving licence How to apply [your link], by [date] Your answer Everyone who applies hears back by [date]
How these figures are made
Estonia
- Earthmoving and related plant operators (ISCO 8342)
- average 2,030 €, median 1,949 €
Full-time equivalent gross monthly pay by workplace, all of Estonia. The median is the pay that half the people in the group earn more than and half less. Source Statistics Estonia's pay app, checked on 1 October 2026.
What the job pays in other countries
It pays most in Denmark, about 3.0 times the Estonian median, though the Danish figure includes pension. If you send workers abroad or hire from there, this is the comparison that matters.
| Country | Median | Usual range | In euros a month | Occupation group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EstoniaQ2 2026 | 1,949 € | not published | 1,949 € | Earthmoving and related plant operators (8342) |
| Finland2024 | 3,551 € | not published | 3,551 € | Earthmoving and related plant operators (8342) |
| Sweden2025 | 35,800 SEK | 33,800–39,000 SEK | ≈ 3,171 € | Heavy Equipment Operators (8342) |
| Norway2025 | 51,640 NOK | 46,940–57,540 NOK | ≈ 4,768 € | Earthmoving and related plant operators (8342) |
| Denmark2025 | 44,410 DKK | 40,621–49,704 DKK | ≈ 5,942 € | Earthmoving and related plant operators (8342) |
| Germany2025 | 4,177 € | 3,540–4,796 € | 4,177 € | Drivers of earthmoving and related machines – skilled tasks (52522) |
| United Kingdom2025 | 37,864 GBP a year | 30,136–45,303 GBP a year | ≈ 3,711 € | Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c. (8229, closest group) |
Median pay for full-time work from each country's official source: Statistics Estonia, Statistics Finland, Statistics Sweden, Statistics Norway, Statistics Denmark, Federal Employment Agency, Office for National Statistics. The sources count slightly differently. Denmark's figure includes pension, Germany's holiday and Christmas pay, and the United Kingdom publishes a year's pay, divided by twelve here for the monthly comparison. Jobs are grouped by ISCO-08. Sweden, Germany and the United Kingdom have their own classifications, matched to it, and "closest group" marks a group that is near, not the same. Where a country counts fewer than 2,000 people in a job's first group and more in its second, the second is used. The usual range is the middle half of people in the job, the 25th to the 75th percentile. Finland publishes only the 10th and 90th, so it has none. In euros at the European Central Bank rate of 2 October 2026, 1 € = 11.29 SEK, 1 € = 10.83 NOK, 1 € = 7.47 DKK and 1 € = 0.85 GBP. These figures describe the market, not the minimum a collective agreement sets.