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Last updated: November 10, 2024
Yard Driver Salary
in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania
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$39,749 (USD)
Average Salary
$19/hr
Average Hourly
$620
Average Bonus
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Yard Driver is $39,749 a year and $19 an hour in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, United States. The average salary range for a Yard Driver is between $29,215 and $47,261. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for a Yard Driver. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania.
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:
$44,648
5 Year Change:
12 %
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About Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania
Tunkhannock Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Tunkhannock ( tuhng-KA-nuhk) is a borough and county seat of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located 31 miles (50 km) northwest of Wilkes-Barre, Tunkhannock is in the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. In the past, lumbering was carried on extensively. Today, many residents are employed by the Procter & Gamble plant in nearby Washington Township. As of the 2020 census, the borough population was 1,766.
The name Tunkhannock is derived from the Minsi-Len'api term Ptuk'hanna'unk, which means "Bend-in-river-place", especially to the town's west, upstream at the radical bend...
Job Summary
Description:
- Drives trucks or tractors at vehicle parking, yard, or docking areas to move, position, or park trucks or trailers to facilitate shipping and receiving functions.
- Hooks, unhooks, and moves trucks to and from the Service Department and around dock area for a motor freight transportation company, using an industrial tractor.
- Spots or positions loaded and unloaded trailers at assigned dock space for unloading or loading.
- Connects loaded semitrailers to tractors for tractor-trailer-truck driver.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Yard Driver is $39,749 a year and $19 an hour in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, United States. The average salary range for a Yard Driver is between $29,215 and $47,261. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for a Yard Driver. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania.
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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Yard Driver Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers
Job family population: 2,430
Estimated population of Yard Driver jobs: 534
Rate of error: 4.4%
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About Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania
Tunkhannock Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Tunkhannock ( tuhng-KA-nuhk) is a borough and county seat of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located 31 miles (50 km) northwest of Wilkes-Barre, Tunkhannock is in the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. In the past, lumbering was carried on extensively. Today, many residents are employed by the Procter & Gamble plant in nearby Washington Township. As of the 2020 census, the borough population was 1,766.
The name Tunkhannock is derived from the Minsi-Len'api term Ptuk'hanna'unk, which means "Bend-in-river-place", especially to the town's west, upstream at the radical bend...
Job Summary
Description:
- Drives trucks or tractors at vehicle parking, yard, or docking areas to move, position, or park trucks or trailers to facilitate shipping and receiving functions.
- Hooks, unhooks, and moves trucks to and from the Service Department and around dock area for a motor freight transportation company, using an industrial tractor.
- Spots or positions loaded and unloaded trailers at assigned dock space for unloading or loading.
- Connects loaded semitrailers to tractors for tractor-trailer-truck driver.
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