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Riggers
Set up or repair rigging for construction projects, manufacturing plants, logging yards, ships and shipyards, or for the entertainment industry.
What a rigger does
Become a rigger
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good rigger
- 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 $33 per hour with an average salary of $69,400 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $27 and $37 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $57,100 and $76,300 per year.
Rigger job outlook
- There are 779 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 108 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.