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Switch House Operator Salary
in Augusta, Maine
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$41,541 (USD)
Average Salary
$20/hr
Average Hourly
$582
Average Bonus
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The average pay for a Switch House Operator is $41,541 a year and $20 an hour in Augusta, Maine, United States. The average salary range for a Switch House Operator is between $30,616 and $49,309. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Augusta, Maine.
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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About Augusta, Maine
Augusta Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Augusta ( ə-GUSS-tə) is the capital of the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat of and most populous city in Kennebec County. Augusta is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area. The city's population was 18,899 at the 2020 census, making it the 12th most populous city in Maine, and 3rd least populous state capital in the United States after Montpelier, Vermont, and Pierre, South Dakota.
The area was explored in 1607 by English settlers from the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec River. Before European settlement, Algonquian-speaking Indians lived in the area....
Job Summary
Description:
- Operates panelboard to control conveying, blending, washing, crushing, and sizing of coal, rock, sand, gravel, or ore to prepare it for commercial or industrial use or for further processing: pushes levers and buttons to start plant machinery.
- Studies customer orders or work schedules and adjusts controls to draw specified amounts and proportions of different grades of materials from storage bins onto conveyors.
- Observes dials and gauges to route materials through series of screens, wash boxes, crushers, and driers.
- Reads ammeters to determine load on conveyors and regulates loads to adjust blends.
- Observes panel lights and meters for indication of overloads, malfunctions, or plugged chutes, and shuts down plant, reroutes materials, or adjusts controls to regulate feed.
- Notifies maintenance and loading personnel of delays or malfunctions.
- Observes operation to determine that refuse and tailings are removed as specified.
- May operate equipment to dump material from cars.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Switch House Operator is $41,541 a year and $20 an hour in Augusta, Maine, United States. The average salary range for a Switch House Operator is between $30,616 and $49,309. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Augusta, Maine.
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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Switch House Operator Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Plant and System Operators, All Other
Job family population: 15,370
Estimated population of Switch House Operator jobs: 628
Rate of error: 3.1%
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About Augusta, Maine
Augusta Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Augusta ( ə-GUSS-tə) is the capital of the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat of and most populous city in Kennebec County. Augusta is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area. The city's population was 18,899 at the 2020 census, making it the 12th most populous city in Maine, and 3rd least populous state capital in the United States after Montpelier, Vermont, and Pierre, South Dakota.
The area was explored in 1607 by English settlers from the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec River. Before European settlement, Algonquian-speaking Indians lived in the area....
Job Summary
Description:
- Operates panelboard to control conveying, blending, washing, crushing, and sizing of coal, rock, sand, gravel, or ore to prepare it for commercial or industrial use or for further processing: pushes levers and buttons to start plant machinery.
- Studies customer orders or work schedules and adjusts controls to draw specified amounts and proportions of different grades of materials from storage bins onto conveyors.
- Observes dials and gauges to route materials through series of screens, wash boxes, crushers, and driers.
- Reads ammeters to determine load on conveyors and regulates loads to adjust blends.
- Observes panel lights and meters for indication of overloads, malfunctions, or plugged chutes, and shuts down plant, reroutes materials, or adjusts controls to regulate feed.
- Notifies maintenance and loading personnel of delays or malfunctions.
- Observes operation to determine that refuse and tailings are removed as specified.
- May operate equipment to dump material from cars.
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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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Improve employee engagement and performance by implementing compensation incentive plans into your strategy.
Read More
Planning Global Compensation Budgets for 2024 - March Updated
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