Salary for Agricultural Equipment Operators
Also known as: Cane Flume Chute Operator, Combine Driver, Combine Operator, Corn Detasseler Machine Operator, Cotton Ginner, Cotton Picker Operator, Custom Harvester, Farm Tractor Operator, Hay Baler, Hay Stacker Operator
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Agricultural Equipment Operators drive farm equipment used to till soil and plant and harvest crops. Tools that are used in the position include hoes, shovels, tampers, pruning hooks and shears and knives. There are a variety of tasks that an operator must perform in the position, including bales, husking and shelling and ginning of crops, transplanting, weeding and pruning crops and sorting, grading and cleaning crops. Texas, California, Iowa and Washington are the states with the largest amount of Agricultural Equipment Operators.A Agricultural Equipment Operator will usually earn a compensation of around $21,860 - $47,890 based on education and tenure levels. usually get a salary of thirty-four thousand and seventy dollars yearly.
are paid at the highest average level in North Dakota, where they can earn pay of close to $45,400. People working these jobs make the most money in Real Estate and Rental and Leasing, where they can earn an average salary rate of $47,740.
The annual compensation for this career has gone up since 2004. Salaries have increased by an average of 67.88 percent nationwide in that time.
Agricultural Equipment Operators tend to make the most in the following industries:
In general, they earn less within the industries below:
