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Wharf Operator
$46,207 (USD)/yr
$22.21 (USD)/hr
$772 (USD)/yr
The average wharf operator gross salary in Houston, Texas is $46,207 or an equivalent hourly rate of $22. This is 3% lower (-$1,419) than the average wharf operator salary in the United States. In addition, they earn an average bonus of $772. Salary estimates based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Houston, Texas. An entry level wharf operator (1-3 years of experience) earns an average salary of $34,550. On the other end, a senior level wharf operator (8+ years of experience) earns an average salary of $55,938.
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Salary Potential
$51,902 (USD)
12 %
Based on our compensation data, the estimated salary potential for Wharf Operator 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. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat and largest city of Harris County; as well as 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 the...
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Job Description
Connects hose couplings to enable liquid cargo, such as petroleum, gasoline, heating oil, sulfuric acid, and alum liquor, to be pumped from and into barges and tankers: reads timetable to determine name of ship, location of pier, and number and types of hoses to be connected. Climbs aboard ship and lowers measuring tape and thermometer into each tank to measure... depth and temperature of liquid cargo to be unloaded. Positions coupling of pier hose next to valve of ship, using winch and boom, and connects coupling to valve, using wrench. Attaches ground wire to hose to prevent explosion caused by static electricity generated when liquid cargo flows through hose. Opens valve to allow flow of cargo through hose and signals worker aboard ship to start pumps to unload cargo. Signals worker aboard ship to pump ballast from cargo tanks in order to prepare transfer of cargo onto ship. Signals worker on shore to pump liquid cargo onto ship. May be designated according to water vessel loaded as barge loader.
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