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Last updated: November 10, 2024
Etch Operator Semiconductor Wafers Salary
in Big Spring, Texas
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$35,127 (USD)
Average Salary
$17/hr
Average Hourly
$464
Average Bonus
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Last updated: November 10, 2024
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The average pay for an Etch Operator Semiconductor Wafers is $35,127 a year and $17 an hour in Big Spring, Texas, United States. The average salary range for an Etch Operator Semiconductor Wafers is between $26,416 and $41,204. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Big Spring, 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:
$39,457
5 Year Change:
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About Big Spring, Texas
Big Spring Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Big Spring is a city in and the county seat of Howard County, Texas, United States, at the crossroads of U.S. Highway 87 and Interstate 20. The population was 26,144 at the 2020 census. Big Spring was established as the county seat of Howard County in 1882; it is the largest community in the county.
The city took its name from the single, large spring that issued into a small gorge between the base of Scenic Mountain and a neighboring hill in the southwestern part of the city limits. Although the name is sometimes still mistakenly pluralized, it is officially singular. "To the native or established residents who may...
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 $35,127 a year and $17 an hour in Big Spring, Texas, United States. The average salary range for an Etch Operator Semiconductor Wafers is between $26,416 and $41,204. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Big Spring, 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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Etch Operator Semiconductor Wafers Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Semiconductor Processing Technicians
Job family population: 26,450
Estimated population of Etch Operator Semiconductor Wafers jobs: 2,220
Rate of error: 2.7%
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About Big Spring, Texas
Big Spring Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Big Spring is a city in and the county seat of Howard County, Texas, United States, at the crossroads of U.S. Highway 87 and Interstate 20. The population was 26,144 at the 2020 census. Big Spring was established as the county seat of Howard County in 1882; it is the largest community in the county.
The city took its name from the single, large spring that issued into a small gorge between the base of Scenic Mountain and a neighboring hill in the southwestern part of the city limits. Although the name is sometimes still mistakenly pluralized, it is officially singular. "To the native or established residents who may...
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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