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United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$61,770
United States, 2025
Employment
9,780
United States, 2025
Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Job Zone 2
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Tend, control, or operate power-driven, stationary, or portable pumps and manifold systems to transfer gases, oil, other liquids, slurries, or powdered materials to and from various vessels and processes.
- O*NET code
- 53-7072.00
- Job zone
- 2
- Experience required
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
Typical tasks
- Monitor gauges and flowmeters and inspect equipment to ensure that tank levels, temperatures, chemical amounts, and pressures are at specified levels, reporting abnormalities as necessary.
- Record operating data such as products and quantities pumped, stocks used, gauging results, and operating times.
- Plan movement of products through lines to processing, storage, and shipping units, using knowledge of interconnections and capacities of pipelines, valve manifolds, pumps, and tankage.
- Turn valves and start pumps to start or regulate flows of substances such as gases, liquids, slurries, or powdered materials.
- Communicate with other workers, using signals, radios, or telephones, to start and stop flows of materials or substances.
- Connect hoses and pipelines to pumps and vessels prior to material transfer, using hand tools.
- Tend vessels that store substances such as gases, liquids, slurries, or powdered materials, checking levels of substances by using calibrated rods or by reading mercury gauges and tank charts.
- Clean, lubricate, and repair pumps and vessels, using hand tools and equipment.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$39,420
25th percentile
$47,560
75th percentile
$77,210
90th percentile
$91,820
Most important skills
- Operations Monitoring3.9
- Operation and Control3.5
- Monitoring3.5
- Reading Comprehension3.1
- Critical Thinking3.1
- Active Listening3.1
- Speaking3.1
- Troubleshooting3.0
- Time Management3.0
- Judgment and Decision Making3.0
- Writing2.9
- Active Learning2.9
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.
Skill coverage
0%
0 of 10 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
10
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Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operations Monitoring | 3.9 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Monitoring | 3.5 | 3.4 | Not selected | 3.4 |
| Operation and Control | 3.5 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.1 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Active Listening | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Speaking | 3.1 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
| Troubleshooting | 3.0 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
| Time Management | 3.0 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Pump Operators, Except Wellhead PumpersHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| IL | $92,310 | 50 | 2025 |
| Beaumont, TX | $82,090 | 90 | 2025 |
| ND | $81,400 | 70 | 2025 |
| AK | $80,210 | 120 | 2025 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | $79,840 | 100 | 2025 |
| Cincinnati, OH | $79,010 | 40 | 2025 |
| WY | $77,820 | 290 | 2025 |
| Houston, TX | $76,670 | 770 | 2025 |
| Anchorage, AK | $75,810 | 60 | 2025 |
| CT | $71,890 | 30 | 2025 |
| San Francisco, CA | $71,780 | 110 | 2025 |
| MT | $71,770 | 50 | 2025 |
| MI | $69,540 | 40 | 2025 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | $67,550 | 90 | 2025 |
| Virginia Beach, VA | $66,920 | 60 | 2025 |
| AL | $66,890 | 100 | 2025 |
| VA | $66,500 | 150 | 2025 |
| NJ | $64,990 | 310 | 2025 |
| OH | $64,700 | 150 | 2025 |
| Shreveport, LA | $64,220 | 100 | 2025 |
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Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).
Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.