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Last updated: November 10, 2024
Barker Operator Salary
in Jeffersontown, Kentucky
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$32,574 (USD)
Average Salary
$16/hr
Average Hourly
$391
Average Bonus
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The average pay for a Barker Operator is $32,574 a year and $16 an hour in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, United States. The average salary range for a Barker Operator is between $24,854 and $37,785. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Jeffersontown, Kentucky.
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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Estimated salary in 2029:
$36,589
5 Year Change:
12 %
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About Jeffersontown, Kentucky
Jeffersontown Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Jeffersontown is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 28,474 at the 2020 census.
It is a major suburb of Louisville. When the Louisville Metro government was established in 2003, Jeffersontown chose to retain its status as an independent city. It is the metro area's largest municipality outside Louisville. Locally, the city is often referred to by the abbreviated name J-town.
Job Summary
Description:
- Operates barking machine to remove bark, knots, and foreign matter from veneer blocks preparatory to peeling process: presses buttons to control conveyor system that transfers block from storage deck into position over hydraulic hoist and to raise hoist until block is centered between chucks.
- Pushes and turns lever to press chucks into ends of block and to start and control rotation speed of block.
- Pushes lever to lower and control pressure of scraping tool against rotating block and to activate and control horizontal movement until bark is removed.
- Raises tool, stops block rotation, raises hoist, retracts chucks, and lowers barked block onto conveyor that transfers block to lathe deck.
- May remove bark, chips, and other material from conveyor and barking machine.
- May control conveyor that lifts logs from pond onto barker deck.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Barker Operator is $32,574 a year and $16 an hour in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, United States. The average salary range for a Barker Operator is between $24,854 and $37,785. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Jeffersontown, Kentucky.
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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Barker Operator Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Job family population: 61,250
Estimated population of Barker Operator jobs: 655
Rate of error: 1.7%
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About Jeffersontown, Kentucky
Jeffersontown Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Jeffersontown is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 28,474 at the 2020 census.
It is a major suburb of Louisville. When the Louisville Metro government was established in 2003, Jeffersontown chose to retain its status as an independent city. It is the metro area's largest municipality outside Louisville. Locally, the city is often referred to by the abbreviated name J-town.
Job Summary
Description:
- Operates barking machine to remove bark, knots, and foreign matter from veneer blocks preparatory to peeling process: presses buttons to control conveyor system that transfers block from storage deck into position over hydraulic hoist and to raise hoist until block is centered between chucks.
- Pushes and turns lever to press chucks into ends of block and to start and control rotation speed of block.
- Pushes lever to lower and control pressure of scraping tool against rotating block and to activate and control horizontal movement until bark is removed.
- Raises tool, stops block rotation, raises hoist, retracts chucks, and lowers barked block onto conveyor that transfers block to lathe deck.
- May remove bark, chips, and other material from conveyor and barking machine.
- May control conveyor that lifts logs from pond onto barker deck.
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