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Last updated: April 17, 2024
Engineer Remote Control Diesel Salary
in Greenville, South Carolina
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$54,067 (USD)
Average Salary
$26/hr
Average Hourly
$968
Average Bonus
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The average pay for an Engineer Remote Control Diesel is $54,067 a year and $26 an hour in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. The average salary range for an Engineer Remote Control Diesel is between $38,982 and $64,988. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Greenville, South Carolina.
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 Greenville, South Carolina
Greenville Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Greenville ( GREEN-vil; locally GREEN-vəl) is a city in and the county seat of Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. With a population of 70,720 at the 2020 census, it is the 6th-most populous city in the state. Greenville is located approximately halfway between Atlanta, Georgia, and Charlotte, North Carolina, along Interstate 85. Its metropolitan area also includes Interstates 185 and 385. Greenville is the anchor city of the Upstate, a combined statistical area with an estimated population of 1,590,636 in 2023. Greenville was the fourth fastest-growing city in the United States between 2015 and 2016...
Job Summary
Description:
- Drives switching locomotive within yard of railroad, industrial plant, quarry, construction project, or similar location to switch railroad cars for loading, unloading, and makeup or breakup of trains: reads switching orders received from conductor, yard.
- Observes traffic signals in yard or in cab and operates locomotive in accordance with railroad rules and regulations.
- Observes arm or lantern signals from yard coupler or switch tender and moves controls to drive locomotive backwards or forwards to switch and couple cars.
- May assist in cleaning and lubricating engine.
- May talk to conductor, yard or other yard workers via radio-telephone to give or receive switching information.
- May be designated according to type of locomotive driven as locomotive engineer, gasoline.
- May operate switching diesel engine and be designated engineer, remote control, diesel.
- When employed by establishment other than railroad to operate switching locomotive at industrial plant, quarry, construction project, or similar location, may be designated industrial-locomotive operator.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for an Engineer Remote Control Diesel is $54,067 a year and $26 an hour in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. The average salary range for an Engineer Remote Control Diesel is between $38,982 and $64,988. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Greenville, South Carolina.
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 Remote Control Diesel Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers
Job family population: 2,680
Estimated population of Engineer Remote Control Diesel jobs: 735
Rate of error: 4.8%
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About Greenville, South Carolina
Greenville Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Greenville ( GREEN-vil; locally GREEN-vəl) is a city in and the county seat of Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. With a population of 70,720 at the 2020 census, it is the 6th-most populous city in the state. Greenville is located approximately halfway between Atlanta, Georgia, and Charlotte, North Carolina, along Interstate 85. Its metropolitan area also includes Interstates 185 and 385. Greenville is the anchor city of the Upstate, a combined statistical area with an estimated population of 1,590,636 in 2023. Greenville was the fourth fastest-growing city in the United States between 2015 and 2016...
Job Summary
Description:
- Drives switching locomotive within yard of railroad, industrial plant, quarry, construction project, or similar location to switch railroad cars for loading, unloading, and makeup or breakup of trains: reads switching orders received from conductor, yard.
- Observes traffic signals in yard or in cab and operates locomotive in accordance with railroad rules and regulations.
- Observes arm or lantern signals from yard coupler or switch tender and moves controls to drive locomotive backwards or forwards to switch and couple cars.
- May assist in cleaning and lubricating engine.
- May talk to conductor, yard or other yard workers via radio-telephone to give or receive switching information.
- May be designated according to type of locomotive driven as locomotive engineer, gasoline.
- May operate switching diesel engine and be designated engineer, remote control, diesel.
- When employed by establishment other than railroad to operate switching locomotive at industrial plant, quarry, construction project, or similar location, may be designated industrial-locomotive operator.
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ERI Economic Research Institute compiles the best salary, cost-of-living, and executive compensation survey data available.
View our ProductsTake the guess work out of setting pay
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Read More
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