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Last updated: October 31, 2024
Engine Tester Salary
in Salina, Kansas
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$39,162 (USD)
Average Salary
$19/hr
Average Hourly
$572
Average Bonus
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The average pay for an Engine Tester is $39,162 a year and $19 an hour in Salina, Kansas, United States. The average salary range for an Engine Tester is between $28,941 and $46,407. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Salina, Kansas.
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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5 Year Change:
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About Salina, Kansas
Salina Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Salina is a city in and the county seat of Saline County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,889.
In the early 1800s, the Kanza tribal land reached eastward from the middle of the Kansas Territory. In 1858, settlers from Lawrence founded the Salina Town Company with a wagon circle, under constant threat of High Plains tribal attacks from the west. It was named for the salty Saline River. Saline County was soon organized around this township, and in 1870, Salina incorporated as a city.
As the westernmost town on the Smoky Hill Trail, Salina boomed until the Civil War by establishing...
Job Summary
Description:
- Tests performance of new and overhauled aircraft engines, such as turboprop, turbofan, turbojet, and cylinder-type, and interprets test data: positions or directs other workers in positioning engine on test stand, using hoist or overhead crane.
- Connects oil and fuel lines, instruments, controls, and engine accessories, such as generators, magnetos, and fuel injectors, using handtools.
- Connects testing instruments, such as dynamometers and manometers, to engine.
- Starts and operates engine for specified time at various speeds.
- Reads and records test data, such as speed, temperature, oil pressure, fuel consumption, and exhaust pressure.
- Calculates performance of engine at various speeds, using test data, standard formulas, computer or calculator.
- Signs off tested engines as ready for service or indicates reasons for rejection based on analysis of test data.
- Must be licensed by or perform work under licensure of federal aviation administration.
- May operate computerized test equipment to enter, retrieve, and compute test data and be designated test cell technician.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for an Engine Tester is $39,162 a year and $19 an hour in Salina, Kansas, United States. The average salary range for an Engine Tester is between $28,941 and $46,407. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Salina, Kansas.
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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Engine Tester Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Job family population: 584,630
Estimated population of Engine Tester jobs: 1,368
Rate of error: 1.0%
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About Salina, Kansas
Salina Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Salina is a city in and the county seat of Saline County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,889.
In the early 1800s, the Kanza tribal land reached eastward from the middle of the Kansas Territory. In 1858, settlers from Lawrence founded the Salina Town Company with a wagon circle, under constant threat of High Plains tribal attacks from the west. It was named for the salty Saline River. Saline County was soon organized around this township, and in 1870, Salina incorporated as a city.
As the westernmost town on the Smoky Hill Trail, Salina boomed until the Civil War by establishing...
Job Summary
Description:
- Tests performance of new and overhauled aircraft engines, such as turboprop, turbofan, turbojet, and cylinder-type, and interprets test data: positions or directs other workers in positioning engine on test stand, using hoist or overhead crane.
- Connects oil and fuel lines, instruments, controls, and engine accessories, such as generators, magnetos, and fuel injectors, using handtools.
- Connects testing instruments, such as dynamometers and manometers, to engine.
- Starts and operates engine for specified time at various speeds.
- Reads and records test data, such as speed, temperature, oil pressure, fuel consumption, and exhaust pressure.
- Calculates performance of engine at various speeds, using test data, standard formulas, computer or calculator.
- Signs off tested engines as ready for service or indicates reasons for rejection based on analysis of test data.
- Must be licensed by or perform work under licensure of federal aviation administration.
- May operate computerized test equipment to enter, retrieve, and compute test data and be designated test cell technician.
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