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Last updated: April 18, 2024
Industrial Locomotive Operator Salary
in Salt Lake City, Utah
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$56,971 (USD)
Average Salary
$27/hr
Average Hourly
$1,020
Average Bonus
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Last updated: April 18, 2024
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The average pay for an Industrial Locomotive Operator is $56,971 a year and $27 an hour in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The average salary range for an Industrial Locomotive Operator is between $41,076 and $68,479. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for an Industrial Locomotive Operator. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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 Salt Lake City, Utah
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Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which had a population of 1,257,936 at the 2020 census. Salt Lake City is further situated within a larger metropolis known as the Salt Lake City–Ogden–Provo Combined Statistical Area, a corridor of contiguous urban and suburban development stretched along a 120-mile (190 km) segment of the Wasatch Front, comprising a population of 2,746,164 (as...
Job Summary
Description:
- Drives switching locomotive within yard of railroad, industrial plant, quarry, construction project, or similar location to switch railroad cars for loading, unloading, and makeup or breakup of trains: reads switching orders received from conductor, yard.
- Observes traffic signals in yard or in cab and operates locomotive in accordance with railroad rules and regulations.
- Observes arm or lantern signals from yard coupler or switch tender and moves controls to drive locomotive backwards or forwards to switch and couple cars.
- May assist in cleaning and lubricating engine.
- May talk to conductor, yard or other yard workers via radio-telephone to give or receive switching information.
- May be designated according to type of locomotive driven as locomotive engineer, gasoline.
- May operate switching diesel engine and be designated engineer, remote control, diesel.
- When employed by establishment other than railroad to operate switching locomotive at industrial plant, quarry, construction project, or similar location, may be designated industrial-locomotive operator.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for an Industrial Locomotive Operator is $56,971 a year and $27 an hour in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The average salary range for an Industrial Locomotive Operator is between $41,076 and $68,479. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for an Industrial Locomotive Operator. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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.
Find actuarial salary survey data and benchmark salary and pay.
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Industrial Locomotive Operator Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers
Job family population: 2,680
Estimated population of Industrial Locomotive Operator jobs: 735
Rate of error: 4.8%
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About Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which had a population of 1,257,936 at the 2020 census. Salt Lake City is further situated within a larger metropolis known as the Salt Lake City–Ogden–Provo Combined Statistical Area, a corridor of contiguous urban and suburban development stretched along a 120-mile (190 km) segment of the Wasatch Front, comprising a population of 2,746,164 (as...
Job Summary
Description:
- Drives switching locomotive within yard of railroad, industrial plant, quarry, construction project, or similar location to switch railroad cars for loading, unloading, and makeup or breakup of trains: reads switching orders received from conductor, yard.
- Observes traffic signals in yard or in cab and operates locomotive in accordance with railroad rules and regulations.
- Observes arm or lantern signals from yard coupler or switch tender and moves controls to drive locomotive backwards or forwards to switch and couple cars.
- May assist in cleaning and lubricating engine.
- May talk to conductor, yard or other yard workers via radio-telephone to give or receive switching information.
- May be designated according to type of locomotive driven as locomotive engineer, gasoline.
- May operate switching diesel engine and be designated engineer, remote control, diesel.
- When employed by establishment other than railroad to operate switching locomotive at industrial plant, quarry, construction project, or similar location, may be designated industrial-locomotive operator.
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ERI Economic Research Institute compiles the best salary, cost-of-living, and executive compensation survey data available.
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