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Last updated: October 31, 2024
Protection Engineer Salary
in Grinnell, Iowa
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$69,789 (USD)
Average Salary
$34/hr
Average Hourly
$1,842
Average Bonus
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Last updated: October 31, 2024
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The average pay for a Protection Engineer is $69,789 a year and $34 an hour in Grinnell, Iowa, United States. The average salary range for a Protection Engineer is between $49,201 and $84,654. On average, a Bachelor's Degree is the highest level of education for a Protection Engineer. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Grinnell, Iowa.
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:
$78,392
5 Year Change:
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About Grinnell, Iowa
Grinnell Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Grinnell ( grin-EL) is a city in Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States. The population was 9,564 at the time of the 2020 census. It is best known for being the home of Grinnell College, as well as being the location of the Merchants' National Bank building, designed by famous architect Louis Sullivan.
Job Summary
Description:
- Plans layout and oversees maintenance of protection equipment of an electric power distribution system to minimize interruption to service and danger to lives and equipment from abnormalities, such as overload, no load, and short circuits: studies drawings of power system and makes complex calculations to determine type, number, location, and correlation of protectors, such as relays, circuit breakers, fuses, and grounding devices.
- Plans adjustments and additions to protective system necessitated by increased demands in development of new residential areas and unusual requirements of heavy industry.
- Coordinates testing, repair, and installation of equipment.
- Studies new developments to determine suitability of their application to protection system.
- May program and direct computer analyses of system operating characteristics, such as power flow under normal and short-circuit conditions, system stability, and voltage and load limitations to obtain data used for such purposes as timing major system changes and additions, and analyzing interconnecting system problems.
- May be designated according to specialization as grounding engineer; relay engineer.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Protection Engineer is $69,789 a year and $34 an hour in Grinnell, Iowa, United States. The average salary range for a Protection Engineer is between $49,201 and $84,654. On average, a Bachelor's Degree is the highest level of education for a Protection Engineer. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Grinnell, Iowa.
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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Protection Engineer Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors
Job family population: 22,510
Estimated population of Protection Engineer jobs: 1,036
Rate of error: 2.5%
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About Grinnell, Iowa
Grinnell Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Grinnell ( grin-EL) is a city in Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States. The population was 9,564 at the time of the 2020 census. It is best known for being the home of Grinnell College, as well as being the location of the Merchants' National Bank building, designed by famous architect Louis Sullivan.
Job Summary
Description:
- Plans layout and oversees maintenance of protection equipment of an electric power distribution system to minimize interruption to service and danger to lives and equipment from abnormalities, such as overload, no load, and short circuits: studies drawings of power system and makes complex calculations to determine type, number, location, and correlation of protectors, such as relays, circuit breakers, fuses, and grounding devices.
- Plans adjustments and additions to protective system necessitated by increased demands in development of new residential areas and unusual requirements of heavy industry.
- Coordinates testing, repair, and installation of equipment.
- Studies new developments to determine suitability of their application to protection system.
- May program and direct computer analyses of system operating characteristics, such as power flow under normal and short-circuit conditions, system stability, and voltage and load limitations to obtain data used for such purposes as timing major system changes and additions, and analyzing interconnecting system problems.
- May be designated according to specialization as grounding engineer; relay engineer.
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Planning Global Compensation Budgets for 2025
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