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Last updated: October 31, 2024
Tool Builder Salary
in Temple, Texas
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$30,179 (USD)
Average Salary
$15/hr
Average Hourly
$386
Average Bonus
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Last updated: October 31, 2024
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The average pay for a Tool Builder is $30,179 a year and $15 an hour in Temple, Texas, United States. The average salary range for a Tool Builder is between $23,057 and $35,008. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Temple, Texas.
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:
$33,899
5 Year Change:
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About Temple, Texas
Temple Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Temple is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. As of 2020, the city has a population of 82,073 according to the U.S. census. Temple lies in the region referred to as Central Texas and is a principal city in the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood metropolitan area, (Fort Hood was redesignated "Fort Cavazos" in 2023) which as of the 2020 Census had a population of 475,367. Located off Interstate 35, Temple is 65 miles north of Austin, 34 miles south of Waco and 27 miles east of Killeen.
Job Summary
Description:
- Lays out, fabricates, assembles, and repairs jigs, fixtures, forms, templates, and related tooling used in manufacturing aircraft parts and assemblies, following blueprints, sketches, and specifications, using handtools, power tools, machines, and equipment: reviews engineering information, tool design drawings, and other specifications to determine methods and sequence of operations to fabricate tools.
- Examines blueprint of part for which template, jig, fixture, or other tooling is to be built.
- Calculates unspecified dimensions, and lays out design on assorted materials to establish and coordinate reference points and tooling holes, using measuring instruments, such as dividers and straightedges.
- Sets up and operates variety of machines and shop equipment to cut, shape, and finish materials to specified dimensions.
- Fits, aligns, and assembles tooling components, and measures tooling assembly for conformance to specifications, using precision measuring and checking instruments.
- Joins assembly components, using bolts, pins, clamps, screws, rivets, or other method.
- Repairs or reworks tools.
- May draw sketches and prepare detailed instructions for fabricating or machining to be performed by other workers.
- May specialize in building specific type tool and be designated form block maker; jig and fixture builder; machine tool fixture builder; wood-tool maker.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Tool Builder is $30,179 a year and $15 an hour in Temple, Texas, United States. The average salary range for a Tool Builder is between $23,057 and $35,008. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Temple, Texas.
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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Tool Builder Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
Job family population: 2,150
Estimated population of Tool Builder jobs: 163
Rate of error: 8.6%
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About Temple, Texas
Temple Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Temple is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. As of 2020, the city has a population of 82,073 according to the U.S. census. Temple lies in the region referred to as Central Texas and is a principal city in the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood metropolitan area, (Fort Hood was redesignated "Fort Cavazos" in 2023) which as of the 2020 Census had a population of 475,367. Located off Interstate 35, Temple is 65 miles north of Austin, 34 miles south of Waco and 27 miles east of Killeen.
Job Summary
Description:
- Lays out, fabricates, assembles, and repairs jigs, fixtures, forms, templates, and related tooling used in manufacturing aircraft parts and assemblies, following blueprints, sketches, and specifications, using handtools, power tools, machines, and equipment: reviews engineering information, tool design drawings, and other specifications to determine methods and sequence of operations to fabricate tools.
- Examines blueprint of part for which template, jig, fixture, or other tooling is to be built.
- Calculates unspecified dimensions, and lays out design on assorted materials to establish and coordinate reference points and tooling holes, using measuring instruments, such as dividers and straightedges.
- Sets up and operates variety of machines and shop equipment to cut, shape, and finish materials to specified dimensions.
- Fits, aligns, and assembles tooling components, and measures tooling assembly for conformance to specifications, using precision measuring and checking instruments.
- Joins assembly components, using bolts, pins, clamps, screws, rivets, or other method.
- Repairs or reworks tools.
- May draw sketches and prepare detailed instructions for fabricating or machining to be performed by other workers.
- May specialize in building specific type tool and be designated form block maker; jig and fixture builder; machine tool fixture builder; wood-tool maker.
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ERI Economic Research Institute compiles the best salary, cost-of-living, and executive compensation survey data available.
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