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Welding Machine Operator Submerged Arc Salary
in Abbeville, Louisiana
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$37,994 (USD)
Average Salary
$18/hr
Average Hourly
$562
Average Bonus
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The average pay for a Welding Machine Operator Submerged Arc is $37,994 a year and $18 an hour in Abbeville, Louisiana, United States. The average salary range for a Welding Machine Operator Submerged Arc is between $28,230 and $44,871. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Abbeville, Louisiana.
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 Abbeville, Louisiana
Abbeville Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Abbeville is a city in, and the parish seat of, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 12,257 at the 2010 census. At the 2020 population estimates program, the population of the city was 11,927. It is located 150 miles (240 km) west of New Orleans, 60 miles (97 km) southwest of Baton Rouge and 21 miles (34 km) southwest of Lafayette.
Job Summary
Description:
- Sets up and operates arc welding machine that welds together parts of fabricated metal products, as specified by blueprints, layouts, welding procedures, and operating charts: welds flat, cylindrical, or irregular parts that may be clamped, tack-welded, or otherwise positioned.
- May position weld line parallel to carriage.
- Turns cranks or pushes buttons to align electrode on welding head over weld joint to weld linear joints, or adjust length of radial arm to position electrode over weld joint when welding radial joints.
- Clamps cylindrical workpieces onto turning rolls under stationary head to weld circular joints.
- Threads specified electrode wire from reel through feed rolls and welding head.
- Turns welding head to set specified angle of electrode.
- May fill hopper with specified flux and direct nozzle or gravity feed over weld line, or adjust shielding gas or gas mixture flow rate.
- Turns knobs to set current, voltage, and slope, and synchronize feed of wire and flux with speed of welding action.
- May set limit switch which automatically stops machine at end of weld.
- Starts machine and observes meters and gauges, or observes welding action for compliance with procedures.
- Visually examines welds for adherence to specifications.
- May grind welded surfaces for penetrant test.
- Adjusts machine setup to vary size, location, and penetration of bead.
- May install track template to weld irregularly shaped seams.
- May make trial run before welding and record setup and operating data.
- May layout, fit, and tack workpieces together.
- May preheat workpiece, using hand torch or heating furnace.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Welding Machine Operator Submerged Arc is $37,994 a year and $18 an hour in Abbeville, Louisiana, United States. The average salary range for a Welding Machine Operator Submerged Arc is between $28,230 and $44,871. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Abbeville, Louisiana.
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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Welding Machine Operator Submerged Arc Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Job family population: 30,940
Estimated population of Welding Machine Operator Submerged Arc jobs: 1,228
Rate of error: 2.1%
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About Abbeville, Louisiana
Abbeville Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Abbeville is a city in, and the parish seat of, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 12,257 at the 2010 census. At the 2020 population estimates program, the population of the city was 11,927. It is located 150 miles (240 km) west of New Orleans, 60 miles (97 km) southwest of Baton Rouge and 21 miles (34 km) southwest of Lafayette.
Job Summary
Description:
- Sets up and operates arc welding machine that welds together parts of fabricated metal products, as specified by blueprints, layouts, welding procedures, and operating charts: welds flat, cylindrical, or irregular parts that may be clamped, tack-welded, or otherwise positioned.
- May position weld line parallel to carriage.
- Turns cranks or pushes buttons to align electrode on welding head over weld joint to weld linear joints, or adjust length of radial arm to position electrode over weld joint when welding radial joints.
- Clamps cylindrical workpieces onto turning rolls under stationary head to weld circular joints.
- Threads specified electrode wire from reel through feed rolls and welding head.
- Turns welding head to set specified angle of electrode.
- May fill hopper with specified flux and direct nozzle or gravity feed over weld line, or adjust shielding gas or gas mixture flow rate.
- Turns knobs to set current, voltage, and slope, and synchronize feed of wire and flux with speed of welding action.
- May set limit switch which automatically stops machine at end of weld.
- Starts machine and observes meters and gauges, or observes welding action for compliance with procedures.
- Visually examines welds for adherence to specifications.
- May grind welded surfaces for penetrant test.
- Adjusts machine setup to vary size, location, and penetration of bead.
- May install track template to weld irregularly shaped seams.
- May make trial run before welding and record setup and operating data.
- May layout, fit, and tack workpieces together.
- May preheat workpiece, using hand torch or heating furnace.
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Who We Are
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