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Auxiliary Equipment Operator Salary
in Somerville, Massachusetts

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$93,131 (USD)

Average Salary

$45/hr

Average Hourly

$1,863

Average Bonus

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Salary Recap

The average pay for an Auxiliary Equipment Operator is $93,131 a year and $45 an hour in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. The average salary range for an Auxiliary Equipment Operator is between $65,564 and $112,968. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for an Auxiliary Equipment Operator. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Somerville, Massachusetts.

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Estimated salary in 2029:
$104,611
5 Year Change:
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About Somerville, Massachusetts

Somerville Cost of Living Score:

Description: Somerville ( SUM-ər-vil) is a city located directly to the northwest of Boston, and north of Cambridge, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city had a total population of 81,045 people. With an area of 4.12 square miles (10.7 km2), the city has a density of 19,671/sq mi (7,595/km2), making it the most densely populated municipality in New England and the 19th most densely populated incorporated municipality in the country. Somerville was established as a town in 1842, when it was separated from Charlestown. In 2006, the city was named the best-run city in Massachusetts...
Description:
  • Controls and maintains auxiliary equipment, such as pumps, fans, compressors, filters, feedwater heaters, chlorinators, and condensers that supply water, fuel, lubricants, air, and auxiliary power for turbines, generators, boilers, and other power-generating plant facilities: opens and closes valves and switches in prescribed sequence upon receipt of signal from turbine operator or power-plant operator to start or shut down auxiliary units.
  • Reads temperature, pressure, and r.p.m.
  • Gauges to verify that units are operating at specified capacity, and listens for sounds from machinery that warn of mechanical malfunction.
  • Replenishes electrolyte in batteries and oil in voltage transformers and resets tripped electric relays.
  • Assists electrician, powerhouse in making electrical repairs.
  • Cleans and lubricates equipment and collects oil, water, and electrolyte samples for laboratory analysis to prevent equipment failure or deterioration.
  • Tightens leaking glands and pipe joints and reports need for major equipment repairs to power-plant operator.
  • When working in nuclear-powered generating station, may help transfer fissionable material between vehicles and storage area.
  • May fire up and shut down automatically regulated boilers firer, high pressure.

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Salary Recap

The average pay for an Auxiliary Equipment Operator is $93,131 a year and $45 an hour in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. The average salary range for an Auxiliary Equipment Operator is between $65,564 and $112,968. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for an Auxiliary Equipment Operator. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Somerville, Massachusetts.

ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.

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Job Statistics

Auxiliary Equipment Operator Job Prevalence in the United States

Job family: Power Plant Operators

Job family population: 31,490

Estimated population of Auxiliary Equipment Operator jobs: 11,002

Rate of error: 1.9%

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Somerville Cost of Living Score:

Description: Somerville ( SUM-ər-vil) is a city located directly to the northwest of Boston, and north of Cambridge, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city had a total population of 81,045 people. With an area of 4.12 square miles (10.7 km2), the city has a density of 19,671/sq mi (7,595/km2), making it the most densely populated municipality in New England and the 19th most densely populated incorporated municipality in the country. Somerville was established as a town in 1842, when it was separated from Charlestown. In 2006, the city was named the best-run city in Massachusetts...
Description:
  • Controls and maintains auxiliary equipment, such as pumps, fans, compressors, filters, feedwater heaters, chlorinators, and condensers that supply water, fuel, lubricants, air, and auxiliary power for turbines, generators, boilers, and other power-generating plant facilities: opens and closes valves and switches in prescribed sequence upon receipt of signal from turbine operator or power-plant operator to start or shut down auxiliary units.
  • Reads temperature, pressure, and r.p.m.
  • Gauges to verify that units are operating at specified capacity, and listens for sounds from machinery that warn of mechanical malfunction.
  • Replenishes electrolyte in batteries and oil in voltage transformers and resets tripped electric relays.
  • Assists electrician, powerhouse in making electrical repairs.
  • Cleans and lubricates equipment and collects oil, water, and electrolyte samples for laboratory analysis to prevent equipment failure or deterioration.
  • Tightens leaking glands and pipe joints and reports need for major equipment repairs to power-plant operator.
  • When working in nuclear-powered generating station, may help transfer fissionable material between vehicles and storage area.
  • May fire up and shut down automatically regulated boilers firer, high pressure.
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