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Last updated: October 31, 2024
Field Mechanic Salary
in Polson, Montana
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$48,623 (USD)
Average Salary
$23/hr
Average Hourly
$759
Average Bonus
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The average pay for a Field Mechanic is $48,623 a year and $23 an hour in Polson, Montana, United States. The average salary range for a Field Mechanic is between $35,398 and $58,105. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for a Field Mechanic. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Polson, Montana.
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:
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5 Year Change:
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About Polson, Montana
Polson Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Polson (Montana Salish: nčmqnétkʷ, Kutenai: kwataqnuk) is a city in Lake County, Montana, United States, on the southern shore of Flathead Lake and within the Flathead Indian Reservation. The population was 5,148 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Lake County. In 1898 the city was named after pioneer rancher David Polson. It was incorporated in 1910.
Job Summary
Description:
- Repairs, maintains, and installs oil well drilling machinery and equipment, using handtools and following oral and written work orders: attaches hoisting cables to pumps, transmissions, diesel engines, and other equipment at drill sites, lashes equipment to trucks for transfer to repair yard, and guides lowering of equipment onto blocks in or near repair shop.
- Disassembles engines and mechanical units, using hand and power wrenches, screwdrivers, and other handtools.
- Cleans parts, such as pistons, valves, and parts of transmissions and clutches, using steam hose and detergents.
- Inspects parts for defects.
- Installs specified new or reconditioned parts, such as relined brake bands and clutch plates, sprockets, pump cylinders, and other parts of engines and mud pumps.
- Reassembles complete units.
- Tests function of pumps and other mechanical units, using auxiliary power.
- Test-runs engines at various speeds and observes efficiency of operations.
- Welds broken structures, such as engine mounts, hand rails, machine guards, and pipe racks, using electric and acetylene welding equipment.
- Paints reconditioned units, using spray gun.
- Installs repaired equipment at drill sites, observes operations, and readjusts components, as necessary.
- May maintain, repair, and install machinery and equipment at drill sites and be designated field mechanic.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Field Mechanic is $48,623 a year and $23 an hour in Polson, Montana, United States. The average salary range for a Field Mechanic is between $35,398 and $58,105. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for a Field Mechanic. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Polson, Montana.
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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Field Mechanic Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
Job family population: 412,650
Estimated population of Field Mechanic jobs: 5,183
Rate of error: 0.6%
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About Polson, Montana
Polson Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Polson (Montana Salish: nčmqnétkʷ, Kutenai: kwataqnuk) is a city in Lake County, Montana, United States, on the southern shore of Flathead Lake and within the Flathead Indian Reservation. The population was 5,148 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Lake County. In 1898 the city was named after pioneer rancher David Polson. It was incorporated in 1910.
Job Summary
Description:
- Repairs, maintains, and installs oil well drilling machinery and equipment, using handtools and following oral and written work orders: attaches hoisting cables to pumps, transmissions, diesel engines, and other equipment at drill sites, lashes equipment to trucks for transfer to repair yard, and guides lowering of equipment onto blocks in or near repair shop.
- Disassembles engines and mechanical units, using hand and power wrenches, screwdrivers, and other handtools.
- Cleans parts, such as pistons, valves, and parts of transmissions and clutches, using steam hose and detergents.
- Inspects parts for defects.
- Installs specified new or reconditioned parts, such as relined brake bands and clutch plates, sprockets, pump cylinders, and other parts of engines and mud pumps.
- Reassembles complete units.
- Tests function of pumps and other mechanical units, using auxiliary power.
- Test-runs engines at various speeds and observes efficiency of operations.
- Welds broken structures, such as engine mounts, hand rails, machine guards, and pipe racks, using electric and acetylene welding equipment.
- Paints reconditioned units, using spray gun.
- Installs repaired equipment at drill sites, observes operations, and readjusts components, as necessary.
- May maintain, repair, and install machinery and equipment at drill sites and be designated field mechanic.
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