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Lock Operator Salary
in Illinois, United States
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$56,549 (USD)
Average Salary
$27/hr
Average Hourly
$1,210
Average Bonus
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The average pay for a Lock Operator is $56,549 a year and $27 an hour in Illinois, United States. The average salary range for a Lock Operator is between $41,055 and $67,690. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Illinois, United States.
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:
$63,520
5 Year Change:
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About Illinois, United States
Illinois Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Illinois ( IL-in-OY) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash and Ohio rivers to its south. Of the fifty U.S. states, Illinois has the fifth-largest gross domestic product (GDP), the sixth-largest population, and the 25th-most land area. Its largest urban areas include Chicago and the Metro East of Greater St. Louis, as well as Peoria, Rockford, Champaign–Urbana, and Springfield, the state's capital.
Illinois has a highly diverse economy, with the global city of Chicago in the northeast, major industrial...
Job Summary
Description:
- Controls machinery to open and close locks and dams on canal: observes gauges and turns valves to increase or decrease water level in lock.
- Observes positions of vessels and tie-up of mooring lines in lock to ensure optimum utilization of lock space and prevent vessel damage.
- Logs data, such as water levels, weather conditions, and type, number, and destination of vessels.
- Starts motors to open gates and sections of dams for passage of vessels.
- Turns on navigation lights and traffic signals along canal.
- Cleans, oils, and makes minor repairs to equipment.
- Collects lock slips (vessel identifications slips) from vessel operators and submits slips to supervisor.
- Ties or slips line-eyes over bitts on lock deck to secure vessels.
- May direct activities of workers engaged in mooring vessels in lock.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Lock Operator is $56,549 a year and $27 an hour in Illinois, United States. The average salary range for a Lock Operator is between $41,055 and $67,690. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Illinois, United States.
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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Lock Operator Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Bridge and Lock Tenders
Job family population: 3,690
Estimated population of Lock Operator jobs: 856
Rate of error: 5.8%
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About Illinois, United States
Illinois Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Illinois ( IL-in-OY) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash and Ohio rivers to its south. Of the fifty U.S. states, Illinois has the fifth-largest gross domestic product (GDP), the sixth-largest population, and the 25th-most land area. Its largest urban areas include Chicago and the Metro East of Greater St. Louis, as well as Peoria, Rockford, Champaign–Urbana, and Springfield, the state's capital.
Illinois has a highly diverse economy, with the global city of Chicago in the northeast, major industrial...
Job Summary
Description:
- Controls machinery to open and close locks and dams on canal: observes gauges and turns valves to increase or decrease water level in lock.
- Observes positions of vessels and tie-up of mooring lines in lock to ensure optimum utilization of lock space and prevent vessel damage.
- Logs data, such as water levels, weather conditions, and type, number, and destination of vessels.
- Starts motors to open gates and sections of dams for passage of vessels.
- Turns on navigation lights and traffic signals along canal.
- Cleans, oils, and makes minor repairs to equipment.
- Collects lock slips (vessel identifications slips) from vessel operators and submits slips to supervisor.
- Ties or slips line-eyes over bitts on lock deck to secure vessels.
- May direct activities of workers engaged in mooring vessels in lock.
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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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Planning Global Compensation Budgets for 2024 - March Updated
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