Hourly Wage for Automation Specialist Salary in the United States

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How much does an Automation Specialist make hourly in the United States? The average hourly wage for an Automation Specialist in the United States is $46 as of May 28, 2024, but the salary range typically falls between $41 and $51. Hourly rate can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target.

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Inside Automation Specialist - PAC/PLC/HMI/SW

Revere Electric Supply Co - Peru , IL

Revere Electric Supply Company, a well-established electrical automation distributor and market leader, is seeking an Inside Automation Support Specialist for Rockwell Automation PAC / PLC / IO / HMI ...

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Automation Specialist/Programmer

PNE - Caldwell , ID

The Automation Specialist/Programmer is responsible for storing, managing, and tracking company documents by performing the following duties. Education and Experience Qualifications * High School ...

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Test Automation Specialist

xScion - Kansas City , KS

On-site (Kansas City, MO) As an Automation Specialist, You Will: * Establish a backlog of seventy-five (75) Smoke Tests throughout 2024 * Create novel or modify existing API tests to meet the needs ...

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Automation Specialist (Pay Range: $25-$29 Hourly)

National Tank & Equipment - Hickory , PA

JOB TITLE: AUTOMATION SPECIALIST PRIMARY FUNCTION: As a Automation Specialist you will work on company and customer locations to support NTE's automation product line. This position will be ...

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Plant Controls Technician / Automation Specialist

Verde Farms LLC - Pedricktown , NJ

Plant Controls Technician / Automation Specialist Reports To: Vice President of Operations Overview: The Facilities Maintenance Mechanic is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving ...

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Building Automation Specialist

Pivot Workforce, LLC - Holland , MI

A Building Automation Specialist is a professional who specializes in designing, implementing, and maintaining systems that control and manage various building functions such as heating, ventilation ...

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What does an Automation Specialist do?

Common responsibilities of an Automation Specialist

Develop business using a consultative sales approach to identify customer needs and solutions based on the products we offerBuilding relationships with customers in addition to helping them improve productivity/profitabilityPrepare quotes and/or proposals, negotiate terms and close salesMaintain a high level of application and product expertise through regular training.

April 14, 2023

Understanding of electronic equipment and computer hardware and software, including but not limited to instrumentation configuration and PLC programming applications.

May 13, 2023

Demonstrated interpersonal skills with ability to work collaboratively with other scientists and laboratorians.

December 24, 2022

Support business/functional Automation owner to build out communication to ensure proper engagement such as Key milestones, in scope processes current and future state, timelines, technology dependencies, roles/responsibilities between business/functional owners, IT, Vendor and Global Automation team.

January 19, 2023

Demonstrates ability to structure analysis based on trends in reporting and a range of analytic perspectives from other analysts, organizations, and intelligence disciplines.

February 08, 2023

Create supporting materials such as business case study, current business use-case model, target business use-case model, flow diagrams, notional training requirements, and other documentation necessary to support the business process analysis function.

March 21, 2023

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These charts show the average hourly wage (core compensation), as well as the average total hourly cash compensation for the job of Automation Specialist in the United States. The average hourly rate for Automation Specialist ranges from $41 to $51 with the average hourly pay of $46. The total hourly cash compensation, which includes base and short-term incentives, can vary anywhere from $42 to $53 with the average total hourly cash compensation of $47.

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