Salary Survey Data for Laborer Construction

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Job Description: Builds and performs a variety of physical labor duties on construction projects. Transfers from one task to another as directed.: Measures distances from grade stakes, pounds stakes, and stretches tight line. Bolts, nails, aligns, and blocks up under forms. Signals operators of construction equipment to facilitate alignment, movement, and adjustment of machinery to conform to grade specifications. Levels earth to fine grade specifications, using pick and shovel. Mixes concrete, using portable mixer. Smoothes and finishes freshly poured cement or concrete, using float, trowel, or screed. Positions, joins, aligns, and seals pipe sections. Erects scaffolding, shoring, and braces. Mops, brushes, or spreads paints or bituminous compounds over surfaces for protection. Applies caulking compounds by hand or with caulking gun to seal crevices. Grinds, sands, or polishes surfaces, such as concrete, marble, terrazzo, or wood flooring, using abrasive tools or machines. Performs variety of tasks involving dexterous use of hands and tools, such as demolishing buildings, sawing lumber, dismantling forms, removing projections from concrete, mounting pipe hangers, and cutting and attaching insulating material. hide...show full eDOT descriptions

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Average Salary $24,300.00     Average Salary $26,964.00     Average Salary $23,182.00     Average Salary $29,092.00     Average Salary $27,433.00     Average Salary $24,638.00     Average Salary $27,028.00     Average Salary $24,361.00     Average Salary $28,887.00     Average Salary $24,590.00