Dredge Operator 3 pay range
State of Ohio · class code 54423
- Class code
- 54423
- Pay range
- 7
- Pay unit
- Hour
- Bargaining unit
- 6
- State
- Ohio
- The State of Ohio published pay range for Dredge Operator 3 is $23.28 to $26.54 per hour.
- That works out to about $48,422 to $55,203 a year at full time.
- Ohio Department of Administrative Services (DAS) keys this classification as class code 54423.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Step progression
Ohio Department of Administrative Services (DAS) assigns this class to pay range 7 in the DAS Pay Range Booklet. The range pays 6 steps; a step is normally earned on a periodic increment date, not negotiated. It sits in bargaining unit code 6.
| Basis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $48,422 | $49,192 | $50,482 | $51,750 | $53,269 | $55,203 |
| Hourly | $23.28 | $23.65 | $24.27 | $24.88 | $25.61 | $26.54 |
Steps as published. The hourly figure is the state's own; the annual row is that rate at 2080 hours a year, which the state does not publish.
The same range, converted
| Basis | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Per hour | $23.28 | $26.54 |
| Per week at 40 hours | $931.20 | $1,061.60 |
| Per year at 2080 hours | $48,422 | $55,203 |
Conversions are arithmetic on the published rate at a standard full-time basis. The plan publishes only the per hour figure.
Where this comes from
Ohio Department of Administrative Services (DAS) publishes this figure in DAS Pay Range Booklet, published 2026-09-08. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.