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Last updated: April 16, 2024
Casting Wheel Operator Salary
in Kansas City, Missouri
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$45,255 (USD)
Average Salary
$22/hr
Average Hourly
$697
Average Bonus
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The average pay for a Casting Wheel Operator is $45,255 a year and $22 an hour in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. The average salary range for a Casting Wheel Operator is between $33,443 and $53,672. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Kansas City, Missouri.
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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About Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Kansas City, Missouri (KC or KCMO) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by population and area. Most of the city lies within Jackson County, with portions spilling into Clay, Platte, and Cass counties. It is the central city of the Kansas City metropolitan area, which straddles the Missouri–Kansas state line and has a population of 2,392,035. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090, making it the 37th most-populous city in the United States, as well as the sixth-most populous city in the Midwest. Kansas City was founded in the 1830s as a port on the Missouri River at its confluence...
Job Summary
Description:
- Operates rotating casting wheel to pour molten nonferrous metal, such as copper, lead, or aluminum into molds to form ingots: moves control lever to rotate wheel and position mold under pouring spout of kettle or furnace.
- Pulls lever to remove stopper from bottom of kettle or to tilt ladle to allow metal to flow into mold.
- Rotates wheel to spot successive molds under spout.
- Observes process to ensure that castings are dumped and that molds are returned to starting position.
- May spray empty molds with coating to prevent metal from sticking to mold casting-wheel-operator helper.
- May skim slag or dross from metal in furnace with rake or hoe furnace helper.
- May divert stream of metal into bucket, using hose, to obtain samples for laboratory.
- May operate pump to force lead from kettle into mold.
- May skim impurities, using spatula or spoon, and solidify molten lead by regulating flow of water in water-cooled mold.
- May observe furnace gauge to verify that temperature of molten metal meets specifications.
- May change pouring spout, using chain hoist and handtools.
- May operate casting-wheel machine that advances molds automatically at predetermined rate.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Casting Wheel Operator is $45,255 a year and $22 an hour in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. The average salary range for a Casting Wheel Operator is between $33,443 and $53,672. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Kansas City, Missouri.
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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Casting Wheel Operator Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Job family population: 165,820
Estimated population of Casting Wheel Operator jobs: 1,945
Rate of error: 1.3%
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About Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Kansas City, Missouri (KC or KCMO) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by population and area. Most of the city lies within Jackson County, with portions spilling into Clay, Platte, and Cass counties. It is the central city of the Kansas City metropolitan area, which straddles the Missouri–Kansas state line and has a population of 2,392,035. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090, making it the 37th most-populous city in the United States, as well as the sixth-most populous city in the Midwest. Kansas City was founded in the 1830s as a port on the Missouri River at its confluence...
Job Summary
Description:
- Operates rotating casting wheel to pour molten nonferrous metal, such as copper, lead, or aluminum into molds to form ingots: moves control lever to rotate wheel and position mold under pouring spout of kettle or furnace.
- Pulls lever to remove stopper from bottom of kettle or to tilt ladle to allow metal to flow into mold.
- Rotates wheel to spot successive molds under spout.
- Observes process to ensure that castings are dumped and that molds are returned to starting position.
- May spray empty molds with coating to prevent metal from sticking to mold casting-wheel-operator helper.
- May skim slag or dross from metal in furnace with rake or hoe furnace helper.
- May divert stream of metal into bucket, using hose, to obtain samples for laboratory.
- May operate pump to force lead from kettle into mold.
- May skim impurities, using spatula or spoon, and solidify molten lead by regulating flow of water in water-cooled mold.
- May observe furnace gauge to verify that temperature of molten metal meets specifications.
- May change pouring spout, using chain hoist and handtools.
- May operate casting-wheel machine that advances molds automatically at predetermined rate.
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Who We Are
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National Compensation Forecast January 2024
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