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Wharf Operator Salary
in El Paso, Texas

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$41,072 (USD)

Average Salary

$20/hr

Average Hourly

$686

Average Bonus

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Salary Recap

The average pay for a Wharf Operator is $41,072 a year and $20 an hour in El Paso, Texas, United States. The average salary range for a Wharf Operator is between $30,188 and $48,876. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in El Paso, Texas.

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Estimated salary in 2029:
$46,135
5 Year Change:
12 %

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About El Paso, Texas

El Paso Cost of Living Score:

Description: El Paso (; Spanish: [el ˈpaso]; lit. 'the route' or 'the pass') is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States. The 2020 population of the city from the U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the 22nd-most populous city in the U.S., the most populous city in West Texas, and the sixth-most populous city in Texas. Its metropolitan statistical area covers all of El Paso and Hudspeth counties in Texas, and had a population of 868,859 in 2020. El Paso stands on the Rio Grande across the Mexico–United States border from Ciudad Juárez, the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua...
Description:
  • Connects hose couplings to enable liquid cargo, such as petroleum, gasoline, heating oil, sulfuric acid, and alum liquor, to be pumped from and into barges and tankers: reads timetable to determine name of ship, location of pier, and number and types of hoses to be connected.
  • Climbs aboard ship and lowers measuring tape and thermometer into each tank to measure depth and temperature of liquid cargo to be unloaded.
  • Positions coupling of pier hose next to valve of ship, using winch and boom, and connects coupling to valve, using wrench.
  • Attaches ground wire to hose to prevent explosion caused by static electricity generated when liquid cargo flows through hose.
  • Opens valve to allow flow of cargo through hose and signals worker aboard ship to start pumps to unload cargo.
  • Signals worker aboard ship to pump ballast from cargo tanks in order to prepare transfer of cargo onto ship.
  • Signals worker on shore to pump liquid cargo onto ship.
  • May be designated according to water vessel loaded as barge loader.

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Salary Recap

The average pay for a Wharf Operator is $41,072 a year and $20 an hour in El Paso, Texas, United States. The average salary range for a Wharf Operator is between $30,188 and $48,876. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in El Paso, 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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Job Statistics

Wharf Operator Job Prevalence in the United States

Job family: Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders

Job family population: 12,470

Estimated population of Wharf Operator jobs: 336

Rate of error: 5.6%

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El Paso Cost of Living Score:

Description: El Paso (; Spanish: [el ˈpaso]; lit. 'the route' or 'the pass') is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States. The 2020 population of the city from the U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the 22nd-most populous city in the U.S., the most populous city in West Texas, and the sixth-most populous city in Texas. Its metropolitan statistical area covers all of El Paso and Hudspeth counties in Texas, and had a population of 868,859 in 2020. El Paso stands on the Rio Grande across the Mexico–United States border from Ciudad Juárez, the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua...
Description:
  • Connects hose couplings to enable liquid cargo, such as petroleum, gasoline, heating oil, sulfuric acid, and alum liquor, to be pumped from and into barges and tankers: reads timetable to determine name of ship, location of pier, and number and types of hoses to be connected.
  • Climbs aboard ship and lowers measuring tape and thermometer into each tank to measure depth and temperature of liquid cargo to be unloaded.
  • Positions coupling of pier hose next to valve of ship, using winch and boom, and connects coupling to valve, using wrench.
  • Attaches ground wire to hose to prevent explosion caused by static electricity generated when liquid cargo flows through hose.
  • Opens valve to allow flow of cargo through hose and signals worker aboard ship to start pumps to unload cargo.
  • Signals worker aboard ship to pump ballast from cargo tanks in order to prepare transfer of cargo onto ship.
  • Signals worker on shore to pump liquid cargo onto ship.
  • May be designated according to water vessel loaded as barge loader.
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