A shortage of snowplow operators is impacting U.S. states from Oregon to Ohio, with transportation officials blaming low wages and a tight labor market.
that is now sweeping across the nation and prompting blizzard warnings from Montana to New York, experts say.
The average hourly wage for a snowplow operator is $25 an hour, but trade association National Coalition for Open Roads earlier this month that the wage isn't sufficient, especially as can make almost as much at fast-food restaurants. State transportation agencies are taking steps such as lowering the minimum age to drive a snowplow to 18, but shortages remain, the group said.
"State transportation officials have repeatedly told us they simply can't fill many driver positions," said Doug Anderson, the incoming chairman of NCFOR, in the statement. The shortage is particularly acute in Western states, the group said. The starting wage for snowplow drivers in those states ranges from a low of $17.50 an hour in Nevada to $26 an hour in California.
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