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Square Shear Operator Salary
in Norfolk, Virginia

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$40,257 (USD)

Average Salary

$19/hr

Average Hourly

$580

Average Bonus

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Salary Recap

The average pay for a Square Shear Operator is $40,257 a year and $19 an hour in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. The average salary range for a Square Shear Operator is between $30,072 and $47,382. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Norfolk, Virginia.

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:
$45,219
5 Year Change:
12 %

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About Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk Cost of Living Score:

Description: Norfolk (locally NOR-fuuk) is an independent city in Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Norfolk had a population of 238,005, making it the third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, and the 96th-most populous city in the nation. Norfolk holds a strategic position as the historical, urban, financial, and cultural center of the Hampton Roads region (sometimes called "Tidewater"), which has more than 1.8 million inhabitants and is the 37th-largest metropolitan area in the U.S., with ten cities. Norfolk was incorporated in 1705. Bordered to the west by the Elizabeth...
Description:
  • Operates and prepares power shear to cut metal objects, such as plates, sheets, slabs, billets, or bars to specified dimensions and angle.
  • Turns hand wheels to adjust rake (angle) and pressure of blade.
  • Positions and clamps stops and side guides to set length and angle of cut, using rule, built-in gauges, or template.
  • Lifts work piece manually or by hoist or crane to machine bed or roller table and positions it against side guide and end stops.
  • Starts machine which clamps work piece and lowers blade to cut metal.
  • Lays out cutting lines on metal, using rule, square, or template when shearing single pieces.
  • May tilt bed, blade, or install fixtures to shear, bevel, or trim fabricated items.
  • May set up and operate shear on production line in which shear is fed by conveyor, such as automobile frame line or rolling mill.
  • May operate portable shear to cut sheet metal.
  • May inspect work, using tape, compass, gauge, template, or micrometer to verify dimensions.
  • May be designated by type of shear or by application of shear.
  • May operate shear that automatically shears to uniform length metal sheets, plates, or structural shapes fed into machine by continuous coil or conveyor.

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Salary Recap

The average pay for a Square Shear Operator is $40,257 a year and $19 an hour in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. The average salary range for a Square Shear Operator is between $30,072 and $47,382. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Norfolk, Virginia.

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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Job Statistics

Square Shear Operator Job Prevalence in the United States

Job family: Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Job family population: 179,230

Estimated population of Square Shear Operator jobs: 13,446

Rate of error: 1.3%

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Norfolk Cost of Living Score:

Description: Norfolk (locally NOR-fuuk) is an independent city in Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Norfolk had a population of 238,005, making it the third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, and the 96th-most populous city in the nation. Norfolk holds a strategic position as the historical, urban, financial, and cultural center of the Hampton Roads region (sometimes called "Tidewater"), which has more than 1.8 million inhabitants and is the 37th-largest metropolitan area in the U.S., with ten cities. Norfolk was incorporated in 1705. Bordered to the west by the Elizabeth...
Description:
  • Operates and prepares power shear to cut metal objects, such as plates, sheets, slabs, billets, or bars to specified dimensions and angle.
  • Turns hand wheels to adjust rake (angle) and pressure of blade.
  • Positions and clamps stops and side guides to set length and angle of cut, using rule, built-in gauges, or template.
  • Lifts work piece manually or by hoist or crane to machine bed or roller table and positions it against side guide and end stops.
  • Starts machine which clamps work piece and lowers blade to cut metal.
  • Lays out cutting lines on metal, using rule, square, or template when shearing single pieces.
  • May tilt bed, blade, or install fixtures to shear, bevel, or trim fabricated items.
  • May set up and operate shear on production line in which shear is fed by conveyor, such as automobile frame line or rolling mill.
  • May operate portable shear to cut sheet metal.
  • May inspect work, using tape, compass, gauge, template, or micrometer to verify dimensions.
  • May be designated by type of shear or by application of shear.
  • May operate shear that automatically shears to uniform length metal sheets, plates, or structural shapes fed into machine by continuous coil or conveyor.
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