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Last updated: April 27, 2024
Car Straightener Salary
in Wyoming, Michigan
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$64,081 (USD)
Average Salary
$31/hr
Average Hourly
$2,179
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The average pay for a Car Straightener is $64,081 a year and $31 an hour in Wyoming, Michigan, United States. The average salary range for a Car Straightener is between $45,818 and $77,282. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Wyoming, Michigan.
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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About Wyoming, Michigan
Wyoming Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Wyoming is a city in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 76,501 at the 2020 census. Wyoming is the second most-populated community in the Grand Rapids metropolitan area and is bordered by Grand Rapids on the northeast. After Grand Rapids, it is also the second most-populated city in West Michigan.
The area was the second location in Kent County settled by European-Americans in 1832 on the edges of Buck Creek and was organized as Wyoming Township in 1848 when it was set off from the northern half of Byron Township. Through the 1800s and into the early 1900s, Wyoming served as a rural area...
Job Summary
Description:
- Repairs and rebuilds railway freight cars, tank cars, or locomotives, following federal and company regulations and specifications and using hand tools, power tools, welding equipment, and measuring instruments.
- Removes and inspects locomotive or car units, such as wheels, truck and brake assemblies, side posts, air cylinders, reservoirs and valves, side and roof sections, and coupler assemblies, using pneumatic hoist and jack, pinch bar, hand tools, and cutting torch.
- Disassembles roller bearings, using jacks, blocks, and frames.
- Examines bearings, gaskets, and seals for defects, such as scratches, chips, and excessive wear.
- Replaces defective parts and reassembles roller bearings.
- Measures diameter of axle wheel seats, using micrometer, and marks dimensions on axle for subsequent boring of wheels to specified press fit dimensions.
- Repairs wooden sections, such as flooring and interior walls carpenter.
- Repairs or replaces steel sections, such as side posts, rafters, crossties, panels, underframing, and piping, using welding torch, power wrench, and plumber's tools.
- Assembles repaired or replaced units to rebuild locomotive or car.
- Positions width gauge between car sides, clamps turnbuckle ends to top of each side, and twists turnbuckle, using wrench, until sides are pressed against gauge to align sides for installation of car ends and crossties.
- May be designated according to type of car repaired or specific tasks performed.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Car Straightener is $64,081 a year and $31 an hour in Wyoming, Michigan, United States. The average salary range for a Car Straightener is between $45,818 and $77,282. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Wyoming, Michigan.
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.
Find actuarial salary survey data and benchmark salary and pay.
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Car Straightener Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Rail Car Repairers
Job family population: 19,830
Estimated population of Car Straightener jobs: 1,488
Rate of error: 1.6%
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About Wyoming, Michigan
Wyoming Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Wyoming is a city in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 76,501 at the 2020 census. Wyoming is the second most-populated community in the Grand Rapids metropolitan area and is bordered by Grand Rapids on the northeast. After Grand Rapids, it is also the second most-populated city in West Michigan.
The area was the second location in Kent County settled by European-Americans in 1832 on the edges of Buck Creek and was organized as Wyoming Township in 1848 when it was set off from the northern half of Byron Township. Through the 1800s and into the early 1900s, Wyoming served as a rural area...
Job Summary
Description:
- Repairs and rebuilds railway freight cars, tank cars, or locomotives, following federal and company regulations and specifications and using hand tools, power tools, welding equipment, and measuring instruments.
- Removes and inspects locomotive or car units, such as wheels, truck and brake assemblies, side posts, air cylinders, reservoirs and valves, side and roof sections, and coupler assemblies, using pneumatic hoist and jack, pinch bar, hand tools, and cutting torch.
- Disassembles roller bearings, using jacks, blocks, and frames.
- Examines bearings, gaskets, and seals for defects, such as scratches, chips, and excessive wear.
- Replaces defective parts and reassembles roller bearings.
- Measures diameter of axle wheel seats, using micrometer, and marks dimensions on axle for subsequent boring of wheels to specified press fit dimensions.
- Repairs wooden sections, such as flooring and interior walls carpenter.
- Repairs or replaces steel sections, such as side posts, rafters, crossties, panels, underframing, and piping, using welding torch, power wrench, and plumber's tools.
- Assembles repaired or replaced units to rebuild locomotive or car.
- Positions width gauge between car sides, clamps turnbuckle ends to top of each side, and twists turnbuckle, using wrench, until sides are pressed against gauge to align sides for installation of car ends and crossties.
- May be designated according to type of car repaired or specific tasks performed.
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Who We Are
ERI Economic Research Institute compiles the best salary, cost-of-living, and executive compensation survey data available.
View our ProductsTake the guess work out of setting pay
Determine competitive salary levels, compare employee compensation with market benchmarks, and get instant access to reliable salary survey data online.
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