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Magnetic Tape Composer Operator
$37,014 (USD)/yr
$17.80 (USD)/hr
$522 (USD)/yr
The average magnetic tape composer operator gross salary in Birmingham, Alabama is $37,014 or an equivalent hourly rate of $18. This is 8% lower (-$3,138) than the average magnetic tape composer operator salary in the United States. In addition, they earn an average bonus of $522. Salary estimates based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Birmingham, Alabama. An entry level magnetic tape composer operator (1-3 years of experience) earns an average salary of $28,166. On the other end, a senior level magnetic tape composer operator (8+ years of experience) earns an average salary of $44,320.
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Salary Potential
$41,577 (USD)
12 %
Based on our compensation data, the estimated salary potential for Magnetic Tape Composer Operator will increase 12 % over 5 years.
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The cost of living in Birmingham, Alabama is 8% less than the average cost of living in the United States. Cost of living is calculated based on accumulating the cost of food, transportation, health services, rent, utilities, taxes, and miscellaneous.
View Cost of Living PageBirmingham ( BUR-ming-ham) is a city in the north central region of Alabama. Birmingham is the seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county. As of the 2022 census estimates, Birmingham had a population of 196,910, down 2% from the 2020 census, making it Alabama's third-most populous city after Huntsville and Montgomery. The broader Birmingham metropolitan area had a 2020 population of 1,115,289, and is the largest metropolitan area in Alabama as well as the 50th-most populous in the United...
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Job Description
Operates magnetic-tape recording and typographic composing machine to prepare copy used for offset printing of forms, documents, advertisements, and other matter, following copy and layout instructions and using knowledge of typesetting and typing techniques: clips copy and instructions to copy holder. Inserts blank tape cartridges on tape-station hubs and starts recorder to thread tape. Selects and attaches specified type-font element... to typewriter carrier. Adjusts margins and other spacing mechanisms to set line justification. Types from marked copy, using electric typewriter that simultaneously produces proof copy and master tape. Types in composer control codes according to program sequence to allow change of type font and format. Proofreads copy. Makes corrections by strikeover on proof copy, automatically correcting identical material on master tape, or retypes corrected portions only, generating correction tape. Reference codes correction tape to error location in original copy and tape. Removes tape cartridges from recorder and installs cartridges, with correction tape, if any, into composer-output printer. Installs specified type font and sets escapement and vertical spacing controls. Keys in layout and composing codes on control panel, following program sequence. Inserts coated paper and starts composer. Operates composer controls in response to function-light indicators and changes type font and format as work progresses. Removes copy from composer, examines copy for errors, and makes necessary corrections. May specialize in operation of recorder or composer unit.
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