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Last updated: May 11, 2024
Road Freight Firer Salary
in Saginaw, Michigan
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$74,761 (USD)
Average Salary
$36/hr
Average Hourly
$1,615
Average Bonus
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The average pay for a Road Freight Firer is $74,761 a year and $36 an hour in Saginaw, Michigan, United States. The average salary range for a Road Freight Firer is between $52,706 and $90,685. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Saginaw, Michigan.
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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About Saginaw, Michigan
Saginaw Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Saginaw () is a city in and the seat of Saginaw County, Michigan, United States. The city proper had a population of 44,202 at the 2020 census. Located along the Saginaw River, Saginaw is adjacent to Saginaw Charter Township and considered part of Greater Tri-Cities region of Central Michigan. The Saginaw metropolitan area had a population of 190,124 in 2020. The city is also the largest municipality in the Greater Tri-Cities, with a combined population of 377,474 in the combined statistical area in 2020.
Established as a fort following the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw, Saginaw was a thriving lumber town in the 19th century...
Job Summary
Description:
- Monitors locomotive instruments and watches for dragging equipment, obstacles on right-of-way, and train signals during run: inventories supplies, such as fuel, water, and sand, to ensure safe, efficient operation during run.
- Inspects locomotive to detect damaged or worn parts.
- Observes oil, temperature, and pressure gauges on dashboard to ascertain if engine is operating safely and efficiently.
- Observes track from left side of locomotive to detect obstructions on tracks.
- Observes train signals along route and verifies their meaning for locomotive engineer.
- Observes train as it goes around curves to detect dragging equipment and smoking journal boxes.
- Observes signals from workers in rear of train and relays information to locomotive engineer.
- Signals yard coupler to set handbrakes on cars and to throw track switches when switching cars from train at way stations.
- Operates locomotive during emergency.
- May start diesel engine to warm engine before run.
- May be designated according to kind of locomotive as firer, diesel locomotive; firer, electric locomotive; or according to type of traffic as road-freight firer; road-passenger firer.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Road Freight Firer is $74,761 a year and $36 an hour in Saginaw, Michigan, United States. The average salary range for a Road Freight Firer is between $52,706 and $90,685. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Saginaw, Michigan.
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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Road Freight Firer Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers
Job family population: 14,210
Estimated population of Road Freight Firer jobs: 13,548
Rate of error: 1.4%
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About Saginaw, Michigan
Saginaw Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Saginaw () is a city in and the seat of Saginaw County, Michigan, United States. The city proper had a population of 44,202 at the 2020 census. Located along the Saginaw River, Saginaw is adjacent to Saginaw Charter Township and considered part of Greater Tri-Cities region of Central Michigan. The Saginaw metropolitan area had a population of 190,124 in 2020. The city is also the largest municipality in the Greater Tri-Cities, with a combined population of 377,474 in the combined statistical area in 2020.
Established as a fort following the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw, Saginaw was a thriving lumber town in the 19th century...
Job Summary
Description:
- Monitors locomotive instruments and watches for dragging equipment, obstacles on right-of-way, and train signals during run: inventories supplies, such as fuel, water, and sand, to ensure safe, efficient operation during run.
- Inspects locomotive to detect damaged or worn parts.
- Observes oil, temperature, and pressure gauges on dashboard to ascertain if engine is operating safely and efficiently.
- Observes track from left side of locomotive to detect obstructions on tracks.
- Observes train signals along route and verifies their meaning for locomotive engineer.
- Observes train as it goes around curves to detect dragging equipment and smoking journal boxes.
- Observes signals from workers in rear of train and relays information to locomotive engineer.
- Signals yard coupler to set handbrakes on cars and to throw track switches when switching cars from train at way stations.
- Operates locomotive during emergency.
- May start diesel engine to warm engine before run.
- May be designated according to kind of locomotive as firer, diesel locomotive; firer, electric locomotive; or according to type of traffic as road-freight firer; road-passenger firer.
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Who We Are
ERI Economic Research Institute compiles the best salary, cost-of-living, and executive compensation survey data available.
View our ProductsTake the guess work out of setting pay
Determine competitive salary levels, compare employee compensation with market benchmarks, and get instant access to reliable salary survey data online.
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Planning Global Compensation Budgets for 2024 - March Updated
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