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Last updated: November 10, 2024
Farm Machinery Operator Salary
in Madison, Indiana
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$34,813 (USD)
Average Salary
$17/hr
Average Hourly
$432
Average Bonus
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Farm Machinery Operator is $34,813 a year and $17 an hour in Madison, Indiana, United States. The average salary range for a Farm Machinery Operator is between $26,284 and $40,696. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for a Farm Machinery Operator. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Madison, Indiana.
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:
$39,104
5 Year Change:
12 %
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About Madison, Indiana
Madison Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Madison is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Indiana, United States, along the Ohio River. As of the 2010 United States Census its population was 11,967. Over 55,000 people live within 15 miles (24 km) of downtown Madison. Madison is the largest city along the Ohio River between Louisville and Cincinnati. In 2006, the majority of Madison's downtown area was designated a National Historic Landmark—133 blocks of the downtown area is known as the Madison Historic Landmark District.
Job Summary
Description:
- Operates and drives one or more farm machines, such as tractors, trucks, and harvesters to perform specified farm activity as cutting hay, picking cranberries, and harvesting wheat.
- Hitches soil conditioning implement, such as plow or harrow to tractor, and controls tractor and towed implement to furrow and grade soil.
- Drives tractor and operates designated towed machine, such as seed drill or manure spreader, to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops.
- Prepares harvesting machine by adjusting speeds of cutters, blowers, and conveyors and height of cutting head or depth of digging blades according to type, height, weight, and condition of crop being harvested, and contour of terrain.
- Attaches towed- or mounted-type harvesting machine to tractor, using hand tools, or drives self-propelled harvesting machine to cut, pull up, dig, thresh, clean, chop, bag, or bundle crops, such as sod, vine fruits, or livestock feed.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Farm Machinery Operator is $34,813 a year and $17 an hour in Madison, Indiana, United States. The average salary range for a Farm Machinery Operator is between $26,284 and $40,696. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for a Farm Machinery Operator. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Madison, Indiana.
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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Farm Machinery Operator Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Agricultural Equipment Operators
Job family population: 28,910
Estimated population of Farm Machinery Operator jobs: 4,319
Rate of error: 3.7%
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About Madison, Indiana
Madison Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Madison is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Indiana, United States, along the Ohio River. As of the 2010 United States Census its population was 11,967. Over 55,000 people live within 15 miles (24 km) of downtown Madison. Madison is the largest city along the Ohio River between Louisville and Cincinnati. In 2006, the majority of Madison's downtown area was designated a National Historic Landmark—133 blocks of the downtown area is known as the Madison Historic Landmark District.
Job Summary
Description:
- Operates and drives one or more farm machines, such as tractors, trucks, and harvesters to perform specified farm activity as cutting hay, picking cranberries, and harvesting wheat.
- Hitches soil conditioning implement, such as plow or harrow to tractor, and controls tractor and towed implement to furrow and grade soil.
- Drives tractor and operates designated towed machine, such as seed drill or manure spreader, to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops.
- Prepares harvesting machine by adjusting speeds of cutters, blowers, and conveyors and height of cutting head or depth of digging blades according to type, height, weight, and condition of crop being harvested, and contour of terrain.
- Attaches towed- or mounted-type harvesting machine to tractor, using hand tools, or drives self-propelled harvesting machine to cut, pull up, dig, thresh, clean, chop, bag, or bundle crops, such as sod, vine fruits, or livestock feed.
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