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Master Derrickboat

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Location: Sausalito, California Advertised pay: USD 51–60 / hourly Work arrangement: Unclear Posted: October 20, 2026 Freshness: Posted today Source check: Observed very recently

Executive opportunity brief

The decision in one screen

A compact evidence-first read of compensation, flexibility, mobility and what still needs verification. No universal quality score is used.

Compensation positionUSD 106,683–124,550 / year
Work flexibilityUnclearBased only on stated location/work-arrangement evidence.
Decision evidence3 of 5 core facts known
Mobility evidenceSponsorship not establishedUnknown evidence is not treated as unavailable.
Current alternativesCurrent role context limitedCurrent HPJ inventory, not the whole labor market.
Negotiation readinessNegotiation evidence available: advertised pay range.Use the private Offer & Negotiation Lab below if an offer arrives.
Watch closely: Work arrangement · Employment type

Fast read

Opportunity DNA

What stands out most is that the application route looks comparatively direct. The biggest counterweight is that the salary benchmark is still shallow.

May appeal in aSimpler application route
PayRange available

The range is usable, but the comparable sample is still too shallow for a strong relative-pay call.

FlexibilityRules unclear

Country, timezone, payroll or office-attendance limits still need confirmation.

Entry pathRequirements unclear

The listing does not make the minimum education or experience threshold clear enough yet.

MobilityNot established

Sponsorship and relocation support are not clear from the current listing.

ApplicationDirect-looking route

The visible path is straightforward and no additional mandatory step is stated in the available listing text.

TraceabilityCurrent source traceable

At least one recent enabled source can still renew this vacancy.

This fingerprint summarizes what is clear, constrained or still unanswered in the current listing. It is a reading aid, not an overall job score.

Decision evidence check

3 of 5 core facts stated

This checks whether the listing states the facts that commonly change an employment decision. It measures disclosure completeness, not whether the opportunity is good or bad.

Facts already stated

  • Compensation
  • Location eligibility
  • Application closing time

What to verify next

  • Work arrangement: What is the expected on-site, hybrid or remote schedule, including any fixed office-attendance or timezone-overlap requirement?
  • Employment type: Is this permanent, fixed-term, contract, temporary, freelance or another employment arrangement, and which benefits apply?

Unknown information is never converted into a negative score. The questions above exist to prevent missing evidence from being mistaken for a favorable term.

Decision levers

What could make or break the fit?

Reasons to look closer

  • The application route looks comparatively direct: The primary route points through an employer, an employer-authorized hiring source or an official employment source, and no extra mandatory step is stated in the listing text.

Trade-offs to weigh

  • The salary benchmark is still shallow: Pay is disclosed, but the current comparison pool is too small for a strong relative-pay conclusion.

Questions worth asking before you invest more time

  • Confirm which countries employees may work from and whether payroll-country, timezone or office-attendance restrictions apply.
  • Confirm whether a degree is actually required, preferred, or replaceable with equivalent experience.
  • Confirm the actual minimum experience requirement rather than assuming preferred background is mandatory.
  • Ask whether visa sponsorship is available before investing significant time in the application.

These questions come from details the listing leaves open. An unanswered point is not treated as a disadvantage.

Salary transparency context

Is pay disclosure typical for this kind of role?

This listing states usable structured compensation, but the current role sample is still too small for a reliable disclosure-rate comparison.

This listingUsable pay stated

Compensation counts only when amount, ISO currency and supported pay period are all known.

Current same-role sampleInsufficient evidence

At least ten current comparable roles are required before HPJ publishes a disclosure percentage.

Current employer pattern100%

Employer-level comparison is withheld until enough current employer listings are available.

This compares salary-disclosure behavior in current visible listings. It does not compare raw salary amounts across currencies, infer undisclosed pay as zero, or rate employer quality.

Private offer & negotiation lab

Turn an offer into evidence, not guesswork

Enter an annual base offer and, if you want, your own target. HPJ compares only within one explicit currency and never chooses a target for you.

Advertised annualized payUSD 106,683–124,550 / yearListing evidence only.
Current comparable medianInsufficient same-currency sampleAt least 10 observations required.
Current upper quartileNot publishedCurrent HPJ inventory context, not a salary recommendation.

Negotiation evidence available: advertised pay range.

Enter an annual base offer to compare it with explicit same-currency evidence. HPJ will not suggest a target for you.

Review the full package · 10 terms

Mark what is confirmed, what needs clarification and what you want to prioritize. These choices and notes stay in this browser.

Base payKnown

Usable advertised compensation is available.

Bonus / commissionVerify

Variable compensation is mentioned; verify amount, formula, target and eligibility.

Equity / long-term incentivesVerify

Equity or long-term incentive language is mentioned; verify grant type, vesting and valuation basis.

Retirement / pensionVerify

Retirement or pension benefits are mentioned; verify employer contribution and vesting.

Health benefitsVerify

Health-benefit language is mentioned; verify coverage, dependants and employee cost.

Paid leaveVerify

Paid-leave language is mentioned; verify the exact entitlement and carry-over rules.

Work arrangementVerify

The work arrangement is not established clearly enough.

RelocationVerify

Relocation support not established

Visa / work authorizationVerify

Sponsorship not established

Review timingVerify

A review cycle is mentioned; verify timing and whether compensation can change at that review.

Questions worth taking into the offer conversation

  • Is there a bonus, commission or other variable-pay component, and how is it calculated?
  • Does the package include equity or another long-term incentive, and what are the vesting terms?
  • What retirement or pension contribution does the employer provide?
  • What health coverage is included and what costs remain with the employee?
  • How much paid leave is provided and what are the carry-over or blackout rules?
  • What office attendance, travel or timezone-overlap expectations apply in practice?
  • If relocation is relevant, what expenses, timing and repayment conditions are covered?
  • What exact sponsorship or work-authorization conditions apply to this role?

Skill bridge

What does this role connect to?

The available listing text does not contain enough recognized skill language for a useful skill bridge yet.

Skill signals come from explicit text mentions. A mention is not automatically a requirement, and absence from the current top-skill list does not make a skill rare or unimportant.

Application Decision Lab

Turn the listing into a preparation plan

Separate what the listing actually states from what you still need to prepare or verify. Your selections and short notes stay in this browser and are never submitted to High Paid Job.

Questions worth resolving before you rely on the opportunity

  • Work arrangement: What is the expected on-site, hybrid or remote schedule, including any fixed office-attendance or timezone-overlap requirement?
  • Employment type: Is this permanent, fixed-term, contract, temporary, freelance or another employment arrangement, and which benefits apply?
  • Work authorization / sponsorship: If sponsorship or work authorization matters to you, what exact immigration or employer-sponsorship conditions apply to this role?
  • Application process: What interview, assessment, portfolio, reference or screening stages are part of the hiring process?

Decision analysis

What the listing really tells you

Useful decision context

The headline alone does not tell the whole story for Master Derrickboat at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The clearest decision context comes from the range is useful even though the comparison pool is small, the application route gives a few useful clues, and the listing can be traced to a current source.

The range is useful even though the comparison pool is small

The USD range can be compared directly within its currency, although the present comparison sample is too shallow for a confident relative-pay ranking.

The application route gives a few useful clues

More direct application path. The external application may contain additional steps that are not visible from the listing itself.

The listing can be traced to a current source

The opportunity currently has 1 renewable source path across 1 source classes. Multiple independent paths can strengthen continuity, but they are not a substitute for checking the application destination.

How this analysis is assembled

This read combines the structured details currently available for pay, flexibility, qualifications, mobility, application effort and source continuity. Missing facts are left open for you to verify.

Analysis evidence coverage

How much analysis can the current evidence support?

50%Partial analysis evidence coverage
50%
Current-sample pay positionInsufficient comparable salary sample

This title does not yet fit a reliable comparison family, so a pay percentile is not shown.

Remote Freedom evidenceNot enough work-location evidence

The available listing data is not clear enough to score location flexibility.

Salary evidence qualityHigh confidence · Focused salary range

The configured source supplied structured salary fields, a usable currency and a focused comparison value.

Listing freshnessPosted today

The source posting date is today.

Source provenance evidenceStronger source evidence

The vacancy has recent enabled provenance through a comparatively direct source lane. This strengthens traceability, not employer verification.

There is no universal opportunity score because pay, flexibility and access matter differently to different people. Compare Jobs lets you weight the evidence around your own priorities.

Decision checklist

What is supported, uncertain or worth checking?

This checklist separates supported strengths, visible cautions and missing evidence. It is not an overall recommendation or guarantee that the job is suitable for you.

Supported strengths

  • Recent provenance includes a comparatively direct source lane, improving traceability.
  • The current provenance provides a comparatively direct application route.

Visible cautions

No specific caution is supported by the currently available evidence. This does not prove that none exists.

Still unknown

  • There is not enough comparable salary evidence to establish this job’s current pay position.
  • The work-location policy is not clear enough for a Remote Freedom assessment.
  • Visa sponsorship is not established by the available listing data.

Qualifications & access

What qualifications are explicitly stated?

Entry-barrier evidence limited

EducationEducation requirement not established
Required experience evidenceExperience requirement not established
Explicit required barriers0
Explicit access signals0

Qualification signals come from explicit listing wording. Anything not mentioned remains unknown, so silence is never treated as proof that a degree, experience, licence or other requirement is unnecessary.

Pay vs. barriers

Opportunity Efficiency not assessed

The current pay position is not reliable enough to weigh compensation against the stated barriers.

Evidence gaps that could change this interpretation
  • Current comparable pay position is unavailable.
  • Education requirement is not established.
  • Required prior-experience level is not established.
  • Work-location flexibility is not established strongly enough for Remote Freedom comparison.

This section weighs pay context against clearly stated barriers without collapsing unlike requirements into one universal score. Degree, experience, licensing, clearance and location limits remain separate, and missing qualification details stay unknown.

Beyond the headline

Not enough evidence for a hidden-value finding

Potential hidden value appears only when several distinct non-pay advantages are actually supported. Missing requirements or benefits are never counted as positives.

Hidden Value is an experimental evidence summary, not an investment-style score or guarantee of employability. It only uses explicit current listing evidence and does not infer that an unmentioned qualification is unnecessary.

Explainable opportunity highlight

Why this opportunity stands out

These are supported signals from the current listing and comparison sample—not a guarantee that this is the best job for you.

Clear compensation evidence

The source provides structured salary information with a comparatively focused range, improving the usefulness of pay comparisons.

Fresh opportunity

The source posting date is today.

Compensation intelligence

How competitive is this pay?

No High Pay Score yet

This title does not yet fit a reliable comparison family, so a pay percentile is not shown.

Why this analysis?

  • This title does not yet fit a reliable comparison family, so a pay percentile is not shown.
  • Salary confidence: High. The configured source supplied structured salary fields, a usable currency and a focused comparison value.
  • Range quality: Focused salary range.
  • Approximate annualized pay is USD 106,683–124,550 / year; this is a period conversion for comparison, not an employer guarantee.

Employer compensation communication

Pay transparency at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Very strong current pay transparency

This score uses the employer’s current visible listings and combines how often pay is disclosed with how useful those ranges are. Bonus, equity and benefit mentions are shown separately and do not raise the score.

97/100
97%
Salary disclosure100% · 164 of 164 sampled listings
Range qualityMostly focused or specific pay information
Bonus wording0 current listings
Equity wording0 current listings
Benefits wording0 current listings
Evidence strengthStronger

This pattern comes from the employer’s current visible vacancies. It describes hiring and pay transparency in those listings, not employee satisfaction or a permanent judgement of the employer.

Current employer intelligence

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — current opportunity snapshot

Current opportunities visible164
Salary disclosure100%
Remote-policy evidence coverage0% · 0 of 164 sampled listings
Remote share of known arrangementsInsufficient evidence
Worldwide-remote shareInsufficient evidence
Known hiring countries4
Sponsorship evidence coverage0% · 0 of 164 sampled listings
Explicit sponsorship outcomes0 confirmed · 0 possible · 0 unavailable
Pattern sample164 of 164 · 100% coverage
Current role-family breadth6
Stated closing-date coverage100%
Relocation evidence coverage0% · 0 explicitly offered
Posted within 7 days60% of listings with a known posting date

Employer Evidence Profile

How often this employer’s current visible sampled vacancies state decision-critical information. These percentages describe evidence coverage, not employer quality.

Compensation100% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with advertised compensation evidence.

Work arrangement0% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings whose work arrangement is clearer than unknown.

Location100% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with a supported country signal.

Application timing100% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with an explicit closing time.

Posting date100% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with a usable posting date.

Sponsorship0% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings that explicitly indicate confirmed, possible or unavailable sponsorship evidence.

Relocation0% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with an explicit relocation signal.

Low coverage means the current visible listings state the information less often. It does not prove that the employer lacks the policy, benefit or support.

Common current occupation families: Operations (8) · Legal (5) · Finance Accounting (3)

Visible seniority mix: Senior / lead (6) · Leadership (3)

Most visible hiring countries in this sample: United States (157) · Germany (3) · Japan (2) · South Korea (2)

Other current roles from this employer

Accountant

Seattle, Washington

Seniority not clearly specified · UnclearUSD 56,715–109,122 / year

These are other current vacancies visible from the same employer, not endorsements or evidence of future hiring plans.

Current disclosed salary medians by currency

  • USD 104,565 median · 164 disclosed salaries

Questions worth asking this employer

  • What work-arrangement and location expectations apply to this role in practice?
  • If work authorization matters to you, what sponsorship policy applies to this specific role and location?
  • If a move is required, is relocation assistance available for this position?

These questions are prompted by missing or thin evidence in the employer’s current visible vacancies. Missing evidence is not treated as a negative judgement.

This employer snapshot uses the employer’s current visible listings. Remote and sponsorship rates use only vacancies with explicit evidence, while missing information stays unknown. Salary medians are shown separately by currency and need at least five disclosed salaries. Zero confirmed sponsorship means none was explicitly found in this sample, not that sponsorship is unavailable.

This snapshot describes the employer’s current visible vacancies—things such as pay disclosure and work arrangement. It is not an employee-satisfaction or hiring-quality rating, and different currencies stay separate.

Work-location intelligence

Remote Freedom

Not enough work-location evidence

Why no score?

  • The work-location policy is not clear enough to support a Remote Freedom score.

Remote Freedom measures observable location flexibility only. Unknown work-location information remains unscored. Timezone wording is penalized only when it appears restrictive; general collaboration across time zones is not treated as a restriction. A score does not guarantee legal work eligibility, payroll availability or visa sponsorship.

International applicant intelligence

Visa & relocation signals

Sponsorship status is shown only when the listing provides clear enough wording. Employer history or headquarters location is not used to guess an answer.

Visa sponsorshipSponsorship not established

The available listing details do not contain a clear enough sponsorship statement.

RelocationRelocation support not established

The available listing details do not contain a clear enough relocation statement.

Tradeoff check

What’s the catch?

No obvious trade-off appears in the available job details. That does not mean the role has no drawbacks, so the original listing and employment terms are still worth reading carefully.

Application-path intelligence

What can we see about the application process?

More direct application path

The primary route is a direct-employer, employer-authorized hiring or official government source. That can reduce intermediary steps, although the external form may still be lengthy.

Current destination: www.usajobs.gov · HTTPS

No additional required application step is clear in the available listing text. This does not mean the external application is one-click or friction-free.

Application effort is estimated from visible listing and source details. Optional steps are kept separate from mandatory ones, and the external form may contain additional requirements that are not visible here.

Application safety context

Application safety check

Basic application-safety context available

The current application destination has a basic transport-safety signal such as HTTPS. This does not verify the employer, vacancy, recruiter or application process.

Evidence checked: Source provenance · Application destination

Observable transport-safety signals

  • The available application destination uses HTTPS.
Before you share money or sensitive information
  • Confirm the vacancy on the employer’s official careers site when practical, especially if a recruiter contacts you outside the listed application path.
  • Check that recruiter email domains and application destinations are consistent with the employer or an identifiable recruiting provider.
  • Do not pay application, processing, training or equipment fees merely to be considered for a job.
  • Do not send cryptocurrency, gift cards, online-banking credentials or PINs as part of an application.
  • Treat unusually fast offers or interviews conducted only through informal messaging channels as reasons to verify the employer independently.

This is a limited safety screen, not employer verification and not a fraud determination. Never send money, cryptocurrency, passwords or sensitive banking credentials merely because a listing appears on a job platform.

Original listing details

The section below comes from the listing source. The decision sections above use the job’s structured pay, location, qualification, mobility and application details to give you additional context.

The source does not provide listing text for display here. Open the application destination to read the full vacancy.

Listing provenance

Where did this job come from?

See where this vacancy came from and whether more than one current source can still support it. Source names help with traceability and attribution; they are not endorsements or guarantees.

Current source evidenceStronger source evidence

The vacancy has recent enabled provenance through a comparatively direct source lane. This strengthens traceability, not employer verification.

Continuity
One recent renewable source
Source-class independence
One renewable source class
Last source observation
Observed very recently

This records when High Paid Job last observed the vacancy in source evidence. It confirms source presence, not that the employer edited the vacancy at that time.

  • 1 enabled source recently observed this vacancy.
  • At least one recent enabled source is a direct-employer, employer-authorized or official public source.

Source confidence is about traceability and continuity. It is separate from application safety and should not be read as an employer reputation rating.

USAJOBSUS federal source

This vacancy is supplied through an official public employment service. The source identifies where the listing was published; it is not an employer endorsement.

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