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Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
Lay, repair, and maintain track for standard or narrow-gauge railroad equipment used in regular railroad service or in plant yards, quarries, sand and gravel pits, and mines. Includes ballast cleaning machine operators and railroad bed tamping machine operators.
What a rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operator does
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If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operator
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $28 per hour with an average salary of $59,300 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $23 and $36 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $47,400 and $75,100 per year.
Rail-Track Laying And Maintenance Equipment Operator job outlook
- There are 345 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 35 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.