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Last updated: October 31, 2024
Operator Refinery Salary
in Cookeville, Tennessee
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$70,849 (USD)
Average Salary
$34/hr
Average Hourly
$1,573
Average Bonus
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Last updated: October 31, 2024
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Salary Recap
The average pay for an Operator Refinery is $70,849 a year and $34 an hour in Cookeville, Tennessee, United States. The average salary range for an Operator Refinery is between $49,594 and $86,081. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for an Operator Refinery. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Cookeville, Tennessee.
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:
$79,582
5 Year Change:
12 %
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About Cookeville, Tennessee
Cookeville Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Cookeville is the county seat and largest city of Putnam County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was reported to be 34,842. It is recognized as one of the country's micropolitan areas, or smaller cities which function as significant regional economic hubs. Of the twenty micropolitan areas in Tennessee, Cookeville is the largest. The Cookeville micropolitan area's 2020 Census population was 141,333. The U.S. Census Bureau ranked the Cookeville micropolitan area as the 4th largest-gaining micropolitan area in the country between 2022 and 2023, with a one-year gain of 2...
Job Summary
Description:
- Assesses specifications and controls continuous operation of petroleum refining and processing units to produce products, such as gasoline, kerosene, and fuel and lubricating oils, by such methods as distillation, absorption, extraction, adsorption, thermal and catalytic cracking and reforming, polymerization, isomerization, coking, visbreaking, and alkylation.
- Reads processing schedules, operating logs, test results of oil samples, and laboratory recommendations to determine changes in equipment controls required to produce specified quantity and quality of product.
- Moves and positions controls, such as knobs, valves, switches, levers, and index arms, on control panels to control process variables, such as flows, temperatures, pressures, vacuum, time, catalyst, and chemicals, by automatic regulation and remote control of processing units, such as heaters, furnaces, compressors, exchangers, reactors, quenchers, stabilizers, fractionators, rechargers, absorbers, strippers, debutanizers, stills, and towers.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for an Operator Refinery is $70,849 a year and $34 an hour in Cookeville, Tennessee, United States. The average salary range for an Operator Refinery is between $49,594 and $86,081. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for an Operator Refinery. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Cookeville, Tennessee.
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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Operator Refinery Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
Job family population: 33,360
Estimated population of Operator Refinery jobs: 6,378
Rate of error: 3.3%
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About Cookeville, Tennessee
Cookeville Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Cookeville is the county seat and largest city of Putnam County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was reported to be 34,842. It is recognized as one of the country's micropolitan areas, or smaller cities which function as significant regional economic hubs. Of the twenty micropolitan areas in Tennessee, Cookeville is the largest. The Cookeville micropolitan area's 2020 Census population was 141,333. The U.S. Census Bureau ranked the Cookeville micropolitan area as the 4th largest-gaining micropolitan area in the country between 2022 and 2023, with a one-year gain of 2...
Job Summary
Description:
- Assesses specifications and controls continuous operation of petroleum refining and processing units to produce products, such as gasoline, kerosene, and fuel and lubricating oils, by such methods as distillation, absorption, extraction, adsorption, thermal and catalytic cracking and reforming, polymerization, isomerization, coking, visbreaking, and alkylation.
- Reads processing schedules, operating logs, test results of oil samples, and laboratory recommendations to determine changes in equipment controls required to produce specified quantity and quality of product.
- Moves and positions controls, such as knobs, valves, switches, levers, and index arms, on control panels to control process variables, such as flows, temperatures, pressures, vacuum, time, catalyst, and chemicals, by automatic regulation and remote control of processing units, such as heaters, furnaces, compressors, exchangers, reactors, quenchers, stabilizers, fractionators, rechargers, absorbers, strippers, debutanizers, stills, and towers.
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