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Brake Coupler Road Freight Salary
in Nevada, United States
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$32,778 (USD)
Average Salary
$16/hr
Average Hourly
$505
Average Bonus
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The average pay for a Brake Coupler Road Freight is $32,778 a year and $16 an hour in Nevada, United States. The average salary range for a Brake Coupler Road Freight is between $25,173 and $37,858. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Nevada, United States.
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:
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Description:
Nevada ( nə-VAD-ə, -VAH-, Spanish: [neˈβaða]) is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, the 32nd-most populous, and the 9th-least densely populated of the U.S. states. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada's people live in Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area, including three of the state's four largest incorporated cities. Nevada's capital is Carson City. Las Vegas is the largest city in the state...
Job Summary
Description:
- Performs any combination of following duties, working as member of train crew: inspects couplings and airhoses to ensure that they are securely fastened.
- Inspects journal boxes to ensure that they are lubricated.
- Inspects handbrakes on cars to ensure that they are released before run begins.
- Walks on top of cars and peers down between them to inspect couplings, airhoses, and journal boxes.
- Sets warning signals, such as flares, flags, lanterns, or torpedoes in front of and at rear of train during emergency stops to warn oncoming trains.
- Climbs ladder to top of car and turns brakewheel to set car brakes or rides atop car to control its speed when it is shunted.
- Pulls or pushes track switch to reroute cars during breakup at way stations.
- Signals locomotive engineer to start or stop train when coupling or uncoupling cars.
- Rides in cab of engine or cupola of caboose to observe signals from other crewmembers.
- Makes minor repairs to couplings, airhoses, and journal boxes.
- Reports to conductor, road freight any equipment requiring major repairs.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Brake Coupler Road Freight is $32,778 a year and $16 an hour in Nevada, United States. The average salary range for a Brake Coupler Road Freight is between $25,173 and $37,858. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Nevada, United States.
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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Brake Coupler Road Freight Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Transportation Workers, All Other
Job family population: 11,590
Estimated population of Brake Coupler Road Freight jobs: 1,394
Rate of error: 5.3%
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About Nevada, United States
Nevada Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Nevada ( nə-VAD-ə, -VAH-, Spanish: [neˈβaða]) is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, the 32nd-most populous, and the 9th-least densely populated of the U.S. states. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada's people live in Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area, including three of the state's four largest incorporated cities. Nevada's capital is Carson City. Las Vegas is the largest city in the state...
Job Summary
Description:
- Performs any combination of following duties, working as member of train crew: inspects couplings and airhoses to ensure that they are securely fastened.
- Inspects journal boxes to ensure that they are lubricated.
- Inspects handbrakes on cars to ensure that they are released before run begins.
- Walks on top of cars and peers down between them to inspect couplings, airhoses, and journal boxes.
- Sets warning signals, such as flares, flags, lanterns, or torpedoes in front of and at rear of train during emergency stops to warn oncoming trains.
- Climbs ladder to top of car and turns brakewheel to set car brakes or rides atop car to control its speed when it is shunted.
- Pulls or pushes track switch to reroute cars during breakup at way stations.
- Signals locomotive engineer to start or stop train when coupling or uncoupling cars.
- Rides in cab of engine or cupola of caboose to observe signals from other crewmembers.
- Makes minor repairs to couplings, airhoses, and journal boxes.
- Reports to conductor, road freight any equipment requiring major repairs.
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ERI Economic Research Institute compiles the best salary, cost-of-living, and executive compensation survey data available.
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