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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
- Typical hourly rate is $37 per hour with a typical salary of $78,100 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $27 and $47 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $3,100 and $61,000 per year.
- 33% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $31 per hour with a typical salary of $23,700 per year.
- 72.1% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Rigger job outlook
- There are 779 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 108 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 2% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 41% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.