Pumping station operators

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2020 Workforce

23.8k

Average Age

Average Salary

$62,329

Average Male Salary

$63,198

Average Female Salary

$40,646

About

Pumping station operators are most often employed by the Support activities for mining industry. The average yearly wage for Pumping station operators was $62,329 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Pumping station operators by wage are Other healthcare practitioners & technical Occupations, Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, & investigators, and Aircraft mechanics & service technicians.

Pumping station operators are part of the Material Moving Occupations, along with Industrial truck & tractor operators, Cleaners of vehicles & equipment, Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, Machine feeders & offbearers, Packers & packagers, hand, and 5 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Pumping station operators are Concho Valley COG & Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (East) PUMA, TX, Ector CountyOdessa City PUMA, TX, and Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission (North) & Wilson & Karnes Counties PUMA, TX. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Pumping station operators are Concho Valley COG & Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (East) PUMA, TX, Campbell, Goshen, Platte, Johnson, Washakie, Weston, Crook & Niobrara Counties PUMA, WY, and Rio Grande COG & Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (West) PUMA, TX.

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Pumping station operators and on wages and locations for those in the field. Support activities for mining is the industry that employs the most Pumping station operators, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Pumping station operators, by average wage, is Cement, concrete, lime, & gypsum product manufacturing . Pumping station operators are paid most in Lubbock CountyLubbock City (Outer) PUMA, TX but are relatively concentrated in Concho Valley COG & Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (East) PUMA, TX.

Yearly Wage

$62,329

AVERAGE SALARY

± $5,904

In 2020, Pumping station operators earned an average of $62,329, $6,375 more than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Aircraft mechanics & service technicians make somewhat more than Pumping station operators while Other healthcare practitioners & technical Occupations make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Pumping station operators as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.309

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Pumping station operators had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.309, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Pumping station operators (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Pumping station operators.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Pumping station operators

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Pumping station operators.

Most Common

The most common industries employing Pumping station operators, by number of employees, are Support activities for mining, Oil & gas extraction, Construction, U. S. Army, Pipeline transportation, Natural gas distribution, Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers, Fuel dealers, Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems, U. S. Air Force, and Cement, concrete, lime, & gypsum product manufacturing .

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Pumping station operators, by average wage, are Cement, concrete, lime, & gypsum product manufacturing , Electric power generation, transmission & distribution, and Petroleum refining.

Industries by Share

23.8k

2020 Workforce

± 3,791

2.33%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 22.1%

The number of people employed as Pumping station operators has been growing at a rate of 2.33%, from 23,299 people in 2019 to 23,842 people in 2020.

This graphic shows the share of Pumping station operators employed by various industries. Support activities for mining employs the largest share of Pumping station operators at 29.9%, followed by Oil & gas extraction with 15.7% and Construction with 10.2%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Pumping station operators in the US. The average age of male Pumping station operators in the workforce is 39.8 and of female Pumping station operators is 45.3, and the most common race/ethnicity for Pumping station operators is N/A.

Composition by Sex

22.9k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 3,717

919

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 744

96.1% of Pumping station operators are Male, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Pumping station operators.

Race & Ethnicity

N/A% of Pumping station operators are N/A, making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing N/A% of Pumping station operators, N/A is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Pumping station operators.

Age by Sex

39.8

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 2.24

45.3

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 12.7

The median age of Pumping station operators is 40, and Male employees are generally 5.43 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Pumping station operators from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Pumping station operators is Engineering but a relatively high number of Pumping station operators hold a major in Agriculture.