Pile Driver Operators

Architecture and Construction
Operate pile drivers mounted on skids, barges, crawler treads, or locomotive cranes to drive pilings for retaining walls, bulkheads, and foundations of structures such as buildings, bridges, and piers.

What a pile driver operator does

Become a pile driver operator

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good pile driver operator

  • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Average hourly rate is $45 per hour with an average salary of $93,000 per year.
  • Half of workers earn between $42 and $48 per hour.
  • Half of workers earn an annual salary between $88,200 and $100,200 per year.

Pile Driver Operator job outlook

  • There are 326 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 17 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

Growth rate by year

Education needed

These occupations usually require a high school diploma.

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