Average Salary

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One of the most popular questions we get from our readers here is how much do Chemical Equipment Operators make per year and their hourly wage.

Starting Salary

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Entry-level Chemical Equipment Operators with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $29050 to $36750 per year or $14 to $18 per hour.

Just like any other job, the salary of a Chemical Equipment Operator and Tender will increase as they become more experienced.

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Salary Rank

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of a Chemical Equipment Operator and Tender to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compare the salary of all careers then we give them a rank of A, B, C or D depending on where their average salary sits in comparison to other careers.

After comparing how much do Chemical Equipment Operators make with other careers, they have a salary rank of C.

Salary range

Level	Hourly	Yearly
Highest (Top 10%)	$37	$77660
Senior (Top 25%)	$30	$63380
Middle (Mid 50%)	$23	$48770
Junior (Bottom 25%)	$18	$36750
No experience (Bottom 10%)	$14	$29050

Highest paying states

State	Hourly	Annual
WY	$ 35	$ 73,370
LA	$ 31	$ 64,870
WV	$ 30	$ 63,170
DE	$ 29	$ 60,990
TX	$ 29	$ 59,450
TN	$ 27	$ 57,150
CA	$ 27	$ 56,730
AL	$ 27	$ 56,240
MS	$ 27	$ 55,570
MI	$ 26	$ 54,470

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Chemical Equipment Operator and Tender is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like WY doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at WY might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Chemical Equipment Operators are in the states of WY, LA, WV, DE and TX.

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