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Electrical Discharge Machine Setup Operator Salary
in Pakistan

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PKR 676,932

Average Salary

PKR 325/hr

Average Hourly

PKR 9,477

Average Bonus

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The average pay for an Electrical Discharge Machine Setup Operator is PKR 676,932 a year and PKR 325 an hour in Pakistan. The average salary range for an Electrical Discharge Machine Setup Operator is between PKR 507,699 and PKR 794,718. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Pakistan.

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:
PKR 964,016
5 Year Change:
42 %

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Pakistan Cost of Living Score:

Description: Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre. Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country by area and the ninth-largest in Asia. Bounded by the Arabian Sea on the south, the Gulf of Oman on the southwest, and the Sir Creek on the southeast, it shares land borders with India to the east; Afghanistan to the west; Iran to the southwest; and China to the northeast....
Description:
  • Sets up and operates one or more electrical-discharge machines to shape metal workpieces to specifications, following standard charts and manuals, and applying knowledge of electrical-discharge machining processes and methods, electric currents and circuitry, metal properties, and shop mathematics: examines blueprint of product and plans operations.
  • Positions and secures workpiece on machine table with clamps, vise, or fixture.
  • Positions and secures electrode in holder on surface plate, verifying concentricity, alignment, and depth, using measuring instruments, such as calipers and dial indicators.
  • Mounts electrode and holder on machine spindle, using vernier dials on machine to verify alignment of electrode and workpiece.
  • Positions gauge blocks, dial indicator, and spindle stop on machine so that descending electrode will stop at specified depth when indicator feeler point touches gauge blocks.
  • Turns valve to adjust flow of dielectric coolant over electrode and workpiece or to immerse them in circulating bath.
  • Turns controls to adjust machine setting, such as voltage, current, frequency, and electrode feed rate, according to information on charts or knowledge of electrical discharge machining procedures.
  • Starts machine and observes beginning of operation.
  • May move controls to rotate electrode or workpiece.
  • May inspect completed workpiece visually and with templates and other measuring instruments.
  • May compute settings from specifications and knowledge of machine capacities.
  • May give tool maker specifications, such as allowances between blue.

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The average pay for an Electrical Discharge Machine Setup Operator is PKR 676,932 a year and PKR 325 an hour in Pakistan. The average salary range for an Electrical Discharge Machine Setup Operator is between PKR 507,699 and PKR 794,718. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Pakistan.

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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Pakistan Cost of Living Score:

Description: Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre. Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country by area and the ninth-largest in Asia. Bounded by the Arabian Sea on the south, the Gulf of Oman on the southwest, and the Sir Creek on the southeast, it shares land borders with India to the east; Afghanistan to the west; Iran to the southwest; and China to the northeast....
Description:
  • Sets up and operates one or more electrical-discharge machines to shape metal workpieces to specifications, following standard charts and manuals, and applying knowledge of electrical-discharge machining processes and methods, electric currents and circuitry, metal properties, and shop mathematics: examines blueprint of product and plans operations.
  • Positions and secures workpiece on machine table with clamps, vise, or fixture.
  • Positions and secures electrode in holder on surface plate, verifying concentricity, alignment, and depth, using measuring instruments, such as calipers and dial indicators.
  • Mounts electrode and holder on machine spindle, using vernier dials on machine to verify alignment of electrode and workpiece.
  • Positions gauge blocks, dial indicator, and spindle stop on machine so that descending electrode will stop at specified depth when indicator feeler point touches gauge blocks.
  • Turns valve to adjust flow of dielectric coolant over electrode and workpiece or to immerse them in circulating bath.
  • Turns controls to adjust machine setting, such as voltage, current, frequency, and electrode feed rate, according to information on charts or knowledge of electrical discharge machining procedures.
  • Starts machine and observes beginning of operation.
  • May move controls to rotate electrode or workpiece.
  • May inspect completed workpiece visually and with templates and other measuring instruments.
  • May compute settings from specifications and knowledge of machine capacities.
  • May give tool maker specifications, such as allowances between blue.

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