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Wafer Polisher Salary
in Louisiana, United States
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$34,654 (USD)
Average Salary
$17/hr
Average Hourly
$457
Average Bonus
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The average pay for a Wafer Polisher is $34,654 a year and $17 an hour in Louisiana, United States. The average salary range for a Wafer Polisher is between $26,060 and $40,649. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Louisiana, United States.
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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Louisiana Cost of Living Score:
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Louisiana (French: Louisiane [lwizjan] ; Spanish: Luisiana [lwiˈsjana]; Louisiana Creole: Lwizyàn) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 20th in land area and the 25th in population, with roughly 4.6 million residents. Reflecting its French heritage, Louisiana is the only U.S. state with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are equivalent to counties, making it one of only two U.S. states not subdivided into counties (the other being Alaska and its boroughs...
Job Summary
Description:
- Tends abrading machines that polish or lap surface of semiconductor wafers: reads work order to determine specifications.
- Loads wafers or carriers containing wafers onto polishing or lapping machine.
- Adjusts machine controls or loads programmed control media in machine to regulate pressure, time, and slurry flow.
- Starts lapping machine that removes saw marks and reduces wafer thickness or starts polishing machine that polishes wafers.
- Observes machine operation and listens to sounds of belts, cams, and abrading wheel to detect machine malfunctions.
- Adjusts mechanisms or requests repairs as necessary.
- Stops machine at prescribed time, removes wafers from machine, and rinses wafers with water to cool wafers and remove slurry.
- Examines wafers for defects, and measures wafer thickness, using thickness gauge.
- May clean wafers, using chemical solutions, water, or gases, to remove contaminants from wafer surface.
- May mount wafers onto carriers.
- May mix slurry.
- May tend machine that rounds wafer edges and be designated edge-round tender.
- May be designated according to machine tended as lapping machine tender.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Wafer Polisher is $34,654 a year and $17 an hour in Louisiana, United States. The average salary range for a Wafer Polisher is between $26,060 and $40,649. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Louisiana, United States.
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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Wafer Polisher Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Job family population: 27,320
Estimated population of Wafer Polisher jobs: 352
Rate of error: 2.1%
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About Louisiana, United States
Louisiana Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Louisiana (French: Louisiane [lwizjan] ; Spanish: Luisiana [lwiˈsjana]; Louisiana Creole: Lwizyàn) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 20th in land area and the 25th in population, with roughly 4.6 million residents. Reflecting its French heritage, Louisiana is the only U.S. state with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are equivalent to counties, making it one of only two U.S. states not subdivided into counties (the other being Alaska and its boroughs...
Job Summary
Description:
- Tends abrading machines that polish or lap surface of semiconductor wafers: reads work order to determine specifications.
- Loads wafers or carriers containing wafers onto polishing or lapping machine.
- Adjusts machine controls or loads programmed control media in machine to regulate pressure, time, and slurry flow.
- Starts lapping machine that removes saw marks and reduces wafer thickness or starts polishing machine that polishes wafers.
- Observes machine operation and listens to sounds of belts, cams, and abrading wheel to detect machine malfunctions.
- Adjusts mechanisms or requests repairs as necessary.
- Stops machine at prescribed time, removes wafers from machine, and rinses wafers with water to cool wafers and remove slurry.
- Examines wafers for defects, and measures wafer thickness, using thickness gauge.
- May clean wafers, using chemical solutions, water, or gases, to remove contaminants from wafer surface.
- May mount wafers onto carriers.
- May mix slurry.
- May tend machine that rounds wafer edges and be designated edge-round tender.
- May be designated according to machine tended as lapping machine tender.
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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National Compensation Forecast January 2024
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