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Last updated: November 10, 2024
Lock Operator Salary
in Madison, Mississippi
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$47,982 (USD)
Average Salary
$23/hr
Average Hourly
$1,027
Average Bonus
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The average pay for a Lock Operator is $47,982 a year and $23 an hour in Madison, Mississippi, United States. The average salary range for a Lock Operator is between $34,835 and $57,435. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Madison, Mississippi.
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:
$53,897
5 Year Change:
12 %
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About Madison, Mississippi
Madison Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Madison is the 11th most populous city in Mississippi, United States, located in Madison County, 13 miles (21 km) north of the state capital, Jackson. The population was 27,747 at the 2020 census, up from 24,149 in 2010. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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 $47,982 a year and $23 an hour in Madison, Mississippi, United States. The average salary range for a Lock Operator is between $34,835 and $57,435. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Madison, Mississippi.
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: 3,460
Estimated population of Lock Operator jobs: 803
Rate of error: 4.0%
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About Madison, Mississippi
Madison Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Madison is the 11th most populous city in Mississippi, United States, located in Madison County, 13 miles (21 km) north of the state capital, Jackson. The population was 27,747 at the 2020 census, up from 24,149 in 2010. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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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