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Last updated: April 19, 2024
Etch Operator Semiconductor Wafers Salary
in Phoenix, Arizona
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$37,673 (USD)
Average Salary
$18/hr
Average Hourly
$497
Average Bonus
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The average pay for an Etch Operator Semiconductor Wafers is $37,673 a year and $18 an hour in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. The average salary range for an Etch Operator Semiconductor Wafers is between $28,330 and $44,190. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Phoenix, Arizona.
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:
$42,317
5 Year Change:
12 %
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Phoenix ( FEE-niks; Navajo: Hoozdo, [xòːztò]; O'odham: S-ki:kigk; Spanish: Fénix; Walapai: Banyà:nyuwá) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020. It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States and the most populous state capital in the country.
Phoenix is the most populous city of the Phoenix metropolitan area, also known as the Valley of the Sun, which in turn is part of the Salt River Valley and Arizona Sun Corridor. The metro area is the 10th-largest by population in the United States with approximately 4.85 million people as of 2020, making...
Job Summary
Description:
- Operates etch machine and equipment that remove metal and photoresist and etches electronic circuitry into metalized substrate of wafer surface, according to processing specifications.
- Places wafers in boats, using tweezers or vacuum wand.
- Places boats in etch machine or equipment.
- Turns dials, sets timer and gauges on equipment, or presses buttons on machine to activate etch cycle to etch or remove materials from wafer surface, such as metal or photoresist.
- Inspects wafer to verify that wafers are not over-etched and that photoresist has been removed, using microscope.
- May measure specified dimensions of wafers, using microscope measuring attachment.
- May manually immerse loaded boats into chemical solution baths to etch circuitry into wafer surface.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for an Etch Operator Semiconductor Wafers is $37,673 a year and $18 an hour in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. The average salary range for an Etch Operator Semiconductor Wafers is between $28,330 and $44,190. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Phoenix, Arizona.
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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Etch Operator Semiconductor Wafers Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Semiconductor Processing Technicians
Job family population: 23,860
Estimated population of Etch Operator Semiconductor Wafers jobs: 2,002
Rate of error: 3.7%
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About Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Phoenix ( FEE-niks; Navajo: Hoozdo, [xòːztò]; O'odham: S-ki:kigk; Spanish: Fénix; Walapai: Banyà:nyuwá) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020. It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States and the most populous state capital in the country.
Phoenix is the most populous city of the Phoenix metropolitan area, also known as the Valley of the Sun, which in turn is part of the Salt River Valley and Arizona Sun Corridor. The metro area is the 10th-largest by population in the United States with approximately 4.85 million people as of 2020, making...
Job Summary
Description:
- Operates etch machine and equipment that remove metal and photoresist and etches electronic circuitry into metalized substrate of wafer surface, according to processing specifications.
- Places wafers in boats, using tweezers or vacuum wand.
- Places boats in etch machine or equipment.
- Turns dials, sets timer and gauges on equipment, or presses buttons on machine to activate etch cycle to etch or remove materials from wafer surface, such as metal or photoresist.
- Inspects wafer to verify that wafers are not over-etched and that photoresist has been removed, using microscope.
- May measure specified dimensions of wafers, using microscope measuring attachment.
- May manually immerse loaded boats into chemical solution baths to etch circuitry into wafer surface.
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