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General Utility Machine Operator Salary
in Huntsville, Alabama

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$32,680 (USD)

Average Salary

$16/hr

Average Hourly

$395

Average Bonus

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The average pay for a General Utility Machine Operator is $32,680 a year and $16 an hour in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. The average salary range for a General Utility Machine Operator is between $24,771 and $38,104. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Huntsville, Alabama.

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:
$36,708
5 Year Change:
12 %

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About Huntsville, Alabama

Huntsville Cost of Living Score:

Description: Huntsville is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the county seat of Madison County with portions extending into Limestone County and Morgan County. It is located in the Appalachian region of northern Alabama. Huntsville was founded within the Mississippi Territory in 1805 and became an incorporated town in 1811. When Alabama was admitted as a state in 1819, Huntsville was designated for a year as the first capital, before the state capitol was moved to more central settlements. The city developed across nearby hills north of the Tennessee River, adding textile mills in the late nineteenth century...
Description:
  • Operates any of following machines and equipment to relieve regular operators engaged in processing cocoa beans into chocolate liquor and in producing cocoa powder and sweet chocolate, according to formula.
  • Controls roaster that roasts cocoa beans to develop specified color and flavor and reduces moisture content of beans.
  • Tends mill to grind nibs (cracked cocoa beans) into liquid chocolate of specified fineness.
  • Tends hydraulic press to extract cocoa butter from chocolate liquor, and operates cocoa room machinery and equipment to grind and pulverize cocoa cakes into cocoa powder.
  • Mixes ingredients, such as chocolate liquor, sugar, and powdered milk to make sweet chocolate.
  • Operates refining machine to grind chocolate paste to specified consistency.
  • Operates tempering equipment to control temperature of chocolate in cooling process before molding.
  • May tend molding machines, pressure cookers, and dryers.
  • May assist in supervising and training production line workers.

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Salary Recap

The average pay for a General Utility Machine Operator is $32,680 a year and $16 an hour in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. The average salary range for a General Utility Machine Operator is between $24,771 and $38,104. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Huntsville, Alabama.

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Job Statistics

General Utility Machine Operator Job Prevalence in the United States

Job family: Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders

Job family population: 20,010

Estimated population of General Utility Machine Operator jobs: 3

Rate of error: 2.9%

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Huntsville Cost of Living Score:

Description: Huntsville is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the county seat of Madison County with portions extending into Limestone County and Morgan County. It is located in the Appalachian region of northern Alabama. Huntsville was founded within the Mississippi Territory in 1805 and became an incorporated town in 1811. When Alabama was admitted as a state in 1819, Huntsville was designated for a year as the first capital, before the state capitol was moved to more central settlements. The city developed across nearby hills north of the Tennessee River, adding textile mills in the late nineteenth century...
Description:
  • Operates any of following machines and equipment to relieve regular operators engaged in processing cocoa beans into chocolate liquor and in producing cocoa powder and sweet chocolate, according to formula.
  • Controls roaster that roasts cocoa beans to develop specified color and flavor and reduces moisture content of beans.
  • Tends mill to grind nibs (cracked cocoa beans) into liquid chocolate of specified fineness.
  • Tends hydraulic press to extract cocoa butter from chocolate liquor, and operates cocoa room machinery and equipment to grind and pulverize cocoa cakes into cocoa powder.
  • Mixes ingredients, such as chocolate liquor, sugar, and powdered milk to make sweet chocolate.
  • Operates refining machine to grind chocolate paste to specified consistency.
  • Operates tempering equipment to control temperature of chocolate in cooling process before molding.
  • May tend molding machines, pressure cookers, and dryers.
  • May assist in supervising and training production line workers.
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