Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers

Detailed Occupation

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2023 Workforce
48.6k
Average Age
43
Average Salary
$112,958
Average Male Salary
$114,713
Average Female Salary
$90,343

About

Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers are most often employed by the Electric power generation, transmission & distribution industry. The average yearly wage for Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers was $112,958 in 2023.

The locations that employ the most Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers are Southeast Utah & Uintah Basin Region PUMA, UT, Subsistence Alaska PUMA, AK, and Central Savannah River Area Regional Commission (East Central)--Columbia County PUMA, GA. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers are N/A.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers workforce. Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers workforce in N/A was N/A people, of which N/A% were women and N/A% were men. Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers are paid most in Dutchess County (Southwest)--Fishkill & Wappinger town PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in N/A.

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The Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers workforce in N/A was N/A people (N/A% women and N/A% men). This implies an average annual growth of N/A% between N/A (N/A) and N/A (N/A).

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Employment by Location

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During N/A, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were N/A.

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Yearly Wage Ranking

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In 2023, Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers earned an average of $112,958, $NaNk less than the average national salary of N/A

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Wage Distribution

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WAGE GINI

In N/A, Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers had a wage GINI coefficient of N/A, which is lower than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Industry

Information on the industries that employ Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers and on wages for those in the field. Electric power generation, transmission & distribution is the industry that employs the most Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers, by average wage, is Electric & gas, and other combinations ($127,442).

Occupations by Industries

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48.6k
2023 Workforce
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This graphic shows the share of Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers employed by various industries. Electric power generation, transmission & distribution employs the largest share of Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers at 87.8%, followed by uninformed with 4.5% and Natural gas distribution with 4.22%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers in the US. The workforce of Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers in N/A was N/A people, with N/A% woman, and N/A% men. The average age of male Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers in the workforce is 43 and of female Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers is 42.7, and the most common race/ethnicity for Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers is N/A.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers in N/A was N/A people, with N/A% woman, and N/A% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 35 to 39 years (6,809 people), 30 to 34 years (6,668  people), and 40 to 44 years (6,514 people). Among them they concentrated 41.5% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

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In 2023, 9.61% of Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers workers were Hispanic and 90.4% non-Hispanic.

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Races

In 2023, N/A% of the Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers workforce were N/A, of which N/A% were women and N/A% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were N/A (N/A%) and N/A (N/A%).

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Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers is N/A but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2023 were Science Technologies.

Among the necessary skills for Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers, Operations Monitoring stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers need more than the average amount of Repairing.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.
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The most common majors achieved by Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers in N/A (counting all academic degrees) were N/A.

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers workers were N/A (N/A people), N/A (N/A people), and N/A (N/A people).

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Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers need many skills, but most especially Operations Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Operation and Control.

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