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Last updated: April 16, 2024
Decontaminator Salary
in Austin, Texas
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$88,585 (USD)
Average Salary
$43/hr
Average Hourly
$2,029
Average Bonus
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The average pay for a Decontaminator is $88,585 a year and $43 an hour in Austin, Texas, United States. The average salary range for a Decontaminator is between $62,009 and $107,719. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Austin, Texas.
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 Austin, Texas
Austin Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Austin ( AW-stin, UK: OST-in) is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and most populous city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the tenth-most populous city in the United States, the fourth-most populous city in the state after Dallas, San Antonio and Houston, and the second-most populous state capital city after Phoenix, the capital of Arizona. It has been one of the fastest growing large cities in the United States since 2010. Downtown Austin and Downtown San Antonio are approximately 80 miles (129 km) apart...
Job Summary
Description:
- Decontaminates radioactive materials and equipment, using chemical solutions, and sandblasting machine: reads contamination level, using radiation meter, and sorts contaminated items by size and radiation level, following specifications.
- Weighs out and mixes chemical solutions in tank according to prescribed formula, and heats solution, using steam hose.
- Immerses objects, such as pipes, motors, valves, hose, and containers, in solution for specified time, using hoist.
- Places smaller objects in sandblasting machine, using manipulators or protective gloves, and starts machine to remove greater proportion of contamination and reduce immersion time.
- Places hot (radioactive) waste, such as sweepings and broken sample bottles, into disposal containers to be processed for land or sea burial.
- Cleans objects having radiation count under specified amount, using cloth, soap, solvents, wire brush, and buffing wheel.
- Records type of material and equipment decontaminated and method used.
- May accompany coffins of waste to disposal area.
- May monitor radiation-exposed equipment, plant and hospital areas, and materials, using radiation-detector measuring instruments, such as portable gamma survey meter, geiger counter, and alpha-beta-gamma survey meter.
- May determine method of decontamination according to size and nature of equipment, and degree of contamination.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Decontaminator is $88,585 a year and $43 an hour in Austin, Texas, United States. The average salary range for a Decontaminator is between $62,009 and $107,719. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Austin, Texas.
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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Decontaminator Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Nuclear Technicians
Job family population: 5,880
Estimated population of Decontaminator jobs: 116
Rate of error: 3.1%
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About Austin, Texas
Austin Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Austin ( AW-stin, UK: OST-in) is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and most populous city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the tenth-most populous city in the United States, the fourth-most populous city in the state after Dallas, San Antonio and Houston, and the second-most populous state capital city after Phoenix, the capital of Arizona. It has been one of the fastest growing large cities in the United States since 2010. Downtown Austin and Downtown San Antonio are approximately 80 miles (129 km) apart...
Job Summary
Description:
- Decontaminates radioactive materials and equipment, using chemical solutions, and sandblasting machine: reads contamination level, using radiation meter, and sorts contaminated items by size and radiation level, following specifications.
- Weighs out and mixes chemical solutions in tank according to prescribed formula, and heats solution, using steam hose.
- Immerses objects, such as pipes, motors, valves, hose, and containers, in solution for specified time, using hoist.
- Places smaller objects in sandblasting machine, using manipulators or protective gloves, and starts machine to remove greater proportion of contamination and reduce immersion time.
- Places hot (radioactive) waste, such as sweepings and broken sample bottles, into disposal containers to be processed for land or sea burial.
- Cleans objects having radiation count under specified amount, using cloth, soap, solvents, wire brush, and buffing wheel.
- Records type of material and equipment decontaminated and method used.
- May accompany coffins of waste to disposal area.
- May monitor radiation-exposed equipment, plant and hospital areas, and materials, using radiation-detector measuring instruments, such as portable gamma survey meter, geiger counter, and alpha-beta-gamma survey meter.
- May determine method of decontamination according to size and nature of equipment, and degree of contamination.
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Who We Are
ERI Economic Research Institute compiles the best salary, cost-of-living, and executive compensation survey data available.
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