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Fish Hatchery Worker Salary
in Portland, Oregon
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$41,258 (USD)
Average Salary
$20/hr
Average Hourly
$536
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The average pay for a Fish Hatchery Worker is $41,258 a year and $20 an hour in Portland, Oregon, United States. The average salary range for a Fish Hatchery Worker is between $31,067 and $48,354. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Portland, Oregon.
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 Portland, Oregon
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Description:
Portland ( PORT-lənd) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated in the northwestern area of the state at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county. As of 2020, Portland's population was 652,503, making it the 26th-most populous city in the United States, the sixth-most populous on the West Coast, and the second-most populous in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle. Approximately 2.5 million people live in the Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro, OR–WA metropolitan statistical...
Job Summary
Description:
- Traps and spawns game fish, incubates eggs, and raises fry in fish hatchery, performing any combination of following tasks.
- Secures net on both banks of river to divert fish to holding pond.
- Catches ripened fish from holding pond with hand net and squeezes or slits bellies of female fish to release eggs in pail.
- Squeezes bellies of male fish to force milt over eggs, and stirs with rubber-gloved hand to fertilize eggs.
- Fills hatchery trays with fertilized eggs and places trays in incubation troughs.
- Turns valves and places baffles in troughs to adjust volume, depth, velocity, and temperature of water.
- Inspects eggs and picks out dead, infertile, and off-color eggs, using suction syringe.
- Sorts fish according to size, coloring, and species and transfers fingerlings to rearing ponds or tanks, using buckets or tank truck.
- Scatters food over surface of water by hand or activates blower that automatically scatters food over water to feed fish.
- Observes appearance and actions of developing fish to detect diseases, and adds medications to food and water as instructed by superior.
- Transfers mature fish to rivers and lakes, using tank truck.
- Records field data and prepares reports of hatchery activities.
- Drains and cleans ponds and troughs, using brushes, chemicals, and water.
- Makes minor repairs to hatchery equipment, paints buildings, and maintains grounds.
- May spawn and rear food fish or tropical and exotic fish for commercial use.
- May mark migrating fish with liquid nitrogen, using hand-operated branding device.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Fish Hatchery Worker is $41,258 a year and $20 an hour in Portland, Oregon, United States. The average salary range for a Fish Hatchery Worker is between $31,067 and $48,354. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Portland, Oregon.
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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Fish Hatchery Worker Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
Job family population: 33,020
Estimated population of Fish Hatchery Worker jobs: 336
Rate of error: 3.0%
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About Portland, Oregon
Portland Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Portland ( PORT-lənd) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated in the northwestern area of the state at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county. As of 2020, Portland's population was 652,503, making it the 26th-most populous city in the United States, the sixth-most populous on the West Coast, and the second-most populous in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle. Approximately 2.5 million people live in the Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro, OR–WA metropolitan statistical...
Job Summary
Description:
- Traps and spawns game fish, incubates eggs, and raises fry in fish hatchery, performing any combination of following tasks.
- Secures net on both banks of river to divert fish to holding pond.
- Catches ripened fish from holding pond with hand net and squeezes or slits bellies of female fish to release eggs in pail.
- Squeezes bellies of male fish to force milt over eggs, and stirs with rubber-gloved hand to fertilize eggs.
- Fills hatchery trays with fertilized eggs and places trays in incubation troughs.
- Turns valves and places baffles in troughs to adjust volume, depth, velocity, and temperature of water.
- Inspects eggs and picks out dead, infertile, and off-color eggs, using suction syringe.
- Sorts fish according to size, coloring, and species and transfers fingerlings to rearing ponds or tanks, using buckets or tank truck.
- Scatters food over surface of water by hand or activates blower that automatically scatters food over water to feed fish.
- Observes appearance and actions of developing fish to detect diseases, and adds medications to food and water as instructed by superior.
- Transfers mature fish to rivers and lakes, using tank truck.
- Records field data and prepares reports of hatchery activities.
- Drains and cleans ponds and troughs, using brushes, chemicals, and water.
- Makes minor repairs to hatchery equipment, paints buildings, and maintains grounds.
- May spawn and rear food fish or tropical and exotic fish for commercial use.
- May mark migrating fish with liquid nitrogen, using hand-operated branding device.
Fish Hatchery Worker Job Listings for
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Who We Are
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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