Salary Overview. In 2011, air traffic controllers averaged $114,460 a year. But high salaries â and low ones, for that matter â can skew the average, and median wage is often a better indication of earnings. Half of all air traffic controllers earned less than $113,540 a year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Definition. The term âhourly wageâ describes a rate an employer agrees to pay a worker per hour worked, such as $12 per hour or $17.50 per hour. The âaverageâ or âmeanâ is an estimated hourly rate calculated using the varying hourly rates of a group of workers in a specific occupation.ou determine the average earned by adding the amounts (9+10+11+12+35) and then dividing the total (77) by the number of people (5). In this example, the average hourly wage earned was $15.40 per hour.
The 2014 full-time average hourly wage rate for other trades occupations, which includes welders and related machine operators, is $26.69. typical full-time annual salary for this occupation is in the region of $40,000 â $55,000. The government forecasts that there will continue to be a surplus of workers in this occupation for the near future.