New York Crane & Rigging Services

Hiring a Crane & Rigging Service in New York

Buildermuse currently lists 10 crane & rigging services in New York, averaging 4.7 stars across 401 verified Google reviews. Every firm listed clears the 4.0-star bar, and with ratings this close together, review volume is the better tiebreaker — a 4.6 backed by hundreds of reviews usually beats a 5.0 with a dozen. Most of the crews above operate out of Brooklyn, Bronx, and Astoria.

New York does not have a state-level general contractor license. NYC has its own Department of Buildings licensing system. Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk, and other counties require home improvement contractor registration. With no statewide license for this work, checking city and county requirements — plus active insurance — falls on you as the hiring party.

Labor is the biggest line item on most bids, and the New York market sets the floor: construction workers here average $42.23 an hour — about $87,828 a year — across 399,155 workers statewide, per Bureau of Labor Statistics data. That puts New York among the pricier construction labor markets in the country, so expect quotes to reflect it.