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Tank Car Repairer
$64,205 (USD)/yr
$30.87 (USD)/hr
$2,183 (USD)/yr
The average tank car repairer gross salary in Houston, Texas is $64,205 or an equivalent hourly rate of $31. This is 0% lower (-$225) than the average tank car repairer salary in the United States. In addition, they earn an average bonus of $2,183. Salary estimates based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Houston, Texas. An entry level tank car repairer (1-3 years of experience) earns an average salary of $46,701. On the other end, a senior level tank car repairer (8+ years of experience) earns an average salary of $78,772.
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Salary Potential
$72,119 (USD)
12 %
Based on our compensation data, the estimated salary potential for Tank Car Repairer will increase 12 % over 5 years.
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The cost of living in Houston, Texas is 4% more 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 PageHouston ( ; HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Houston is located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico; it is the seat and largest city of Harris County and the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, which is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second-most populous in Texas after Dallas–Fort Worth. With a population of 2,302,878 in 2022, Houston is...
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Job Description
Repairs and rebuilds railway freight cars, tank cars, or locomotives, following federal and company regulations and specifications and using hand tools, power tools, welding equipment, and measuring instruments. Removes and inspects locomotive or car units, such as wheels, truck and brake assemblies, side posts, air cylinders, reservoirs and valves, side and roof sections, and coupler assemblies, using pneumatic hoist and... jack, pinch bar, hand tools, and cutting torch. Disassembles roller bearings, using jacks, blocks, and frames. Examines bearings, gaskets, and seals for defects, such as scratches, chips, and excessive wear. Replaces defective parts and reassembles roller bearings. Measures diameter of axle wheel seats, using micrometer, and marks dimensions on axle for subsequent boring of wheels to specified press fit dimensions. Repairs wooden sections, such as flooring and interior walls carpenter. Repairs or replaces steel sections, such as side posts, rafters, crossties, panels, underframing, and piping, using welding torch, power wrench, and plumber's tools. Assembles repaired or replaced units to rebuild locomotive or car. Positions width gauge between car sides, clamps turnbuckle ends to top of each side, and twists turnbuckle, using wrench, until sides are pressed against gauge to align sides for installation of car ends and crossties. May be designated according to type of car repaired or specific tasks performed.
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