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Traffic Technicians
Conduct field studies to determine traffic volume, speed, effectiveness of signals, adequacy of lighting, and other factors influencing traffic conditions, under direction of traffic engineer.
What a traffic technician does
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If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good traffic technician
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Reading work related information.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $40 per hour with a typical salary of $79,900 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $25 and $44 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $13,800 and $75,400 per year.
- 41% 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 $47 per hour with a typical salary of $69,200 per year.
- 39.7% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Traffic Technician job outlook
- There are 58 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 11 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 17% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.