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Last updated: April 15, 2024
Engineer Extractive Metallurgist Salary
in Houston, Texas
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$116,643 (USD)
Average Salary
$56/hr
Average Hourly
$3,919
Average Bonus
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The average pay for an Engineer Extractive Metallurgist is $116,643 a year and $56 an hour in Houston, Texas, United States. The average salary range for an Engineer Extractive Metallurgist is between $80,600 and $142,188. On average, a Bachelor's Degree is the highest level of education for an Engineer Extractive Metallurgist. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Houston, 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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Estimated salary in 2029:
$131,021
5 Year Change:
12 %
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About Houston, Texas
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Houston ( ; HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Houston is located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico; it is the seat and largest city of Harris County and the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, which is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second-most populous in Texas after Dallas–Fort Worth. With a population of 2,302,878 in 2022, Houston is the fourth-most populous city in the United States after New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago, and the seventh-most...
Job Summary
Description:
- Develops and controls flotation, smelting, electrolytic, and other processes used in extracting metals from their ores or for refining metals.
- Studies methods of improving metallurgical processes.
- Determines the most efficient methods of producing metals commercially by studying ore reduction problems.
- Excludes paraprofessional positions.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for an Engineer Extractive Metallurgist is $116,643 a year and $56 an hour in Houston, Texas, United States. The average salary range for an Engineer Extractive Metallurgist is between $80,600 and $142,188. On average, a Bachelor's Degree is the highest level of education for an Engineer Extractive Metallurgist. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Houston, 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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Engineer Extractive Metallurgist Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Materials Engineers
Job family population: 21,510
Estimated population of Engineer Extractive Metallurgist jobs: 2,086
Rate of error: 2.2%
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About Houston, Texas
Houston Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Houston ( ; HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Houston is located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico; it is the seat and largest city of Harris County and the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, which is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second-most populous in Texas after Dallas–Fort Worth. With a population of 2,302,878 in 2022, Houston is the fourth-most populous city in the United States after New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago, and the seventh-most...
Job Summary
Description:
- Develops and controls flotation, smelting, electrolytic, and other processes used in extracting metals from their ores or for refining metals.
- Studies methods of improving metallurgical processes.
- Determines the most efficient methods of producing metals commercially by studying ore reduction problems.
- Excludes paraprofessional positions.
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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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