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Last updated: November 10, 2024
Dredge Operator Salary
in Marion, Virginia
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$44,509 (USD)
Average Salary
$21/hr
Average Hourly
$636
Average Bonus
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The average pay for a Dredge Operator is $44,509 a year and $21 an hour in Marion, Virginia, United States. The average salary range for a Dredge Operator is between $33,026 and $52,610. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Marion, Virginia.
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Estimated salary in 2029:
$49,996
5 Year Change:
12 %
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About Marion, Virginia
Marion Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Marion is a town in, and the county seat of, Smyth County, Virginia, United States. It is positioned upon Interstate 81, in the Blue Ridge portion of the Southern Appalachian mountains in Southwest Virginia. The town is named for American Revolutionary War officer Francis Marion. The town limits had a population of approximately 6,000, per 2020 Census estimates. However, together with the neighborhoods, an additional 9,000 residents residing in unincorporated Smyth County have Marion mailing addresses, granting the Marion, VA ZIP code (24354) a total population of about 14,500, which is around half of the county...
Job Summary
Description:
- Operates power-driven dredge to excavate and maintain navigable channels in waterways and to mine sand, gravel, or other materials at bottom of lakes, rivers, and streams.
- Assists workers engaged in placing shore anchors and cables, laying additional lengths of pipes from dredge to shore, and in pumping water from pontoons.
- Starts and stops engines to operate equipment.
- Moves levers to place dredge in position for excavation, engage hydraulic pump, raise and lower suction boom, and control rotation of cutterhead.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Dredge Operator is $44,509 a year and $21 an hour in Marion, Virginia, United States. The average salary range for a Dredge Operator is between $33,026 and $52,610. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Marion, Virginia.
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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Job family: Dredge Operators
Job family population: 940
Estimated population of Dredge Operator jobs: 256
Rate of error: 9.7%
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About Marion, Virginia
Marion Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Marion is a town in, and the county seat of, Smyth County, Virginia, United States. It is positioned upon Interstate 81, in the Blue Ridge portion of the Southern Appalachian mountains in Southwest Virginia. The town is named for American Revolutionary War officer Francis Marion. The town limits had a population of approximately 6,000, per 2020 Census estimates. However, together with the neighborhoods, an additional 9,000 residents residing in unincorporated Smyth County have Marion mailing addresses, granting the Marion, VA ZIP code (24354) a total population of about 14,500, which is around half of the county...
Job Summary
Description:
- Operates power-driven dredge to excavate and maintain navigable channels in waterways and to mine sand, gravel, or other materials at bottom of lakes, rivers, and streams.
- Assists workers engaged in placing shore anchors and cables, laying additional lengths of pipes from dredge to shore, and in pumping water from pontoons.
- Starts and stops engines to operate equipment.
- Moves levers to place dredge in position for excavation, engage hydraulic pump, raise and lower suction boom, and control rotation of cutterhead.
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