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Also called rock splitter, sandstone splitter, splitter operator and stone splitter.
$48,740
Median pay a year
3,320
People do this work
6
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Breaking concrete
Cutting masonry materials
Examining natural stone
Drilling holes in earth
Marking reference points
Operating detonation equipment
Directing construction personnel
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Quarry Rock Splitter
Summary
Rock splitter separating blocks of rough stone from larger masses using jackhammers, wedges, and chop saws, marking dimensions and cutting slabs for floors or counters
Experience
Quarry Rock Splitter
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Removed pieces of stone from larger masses using jackhammers, wedges, and other tools
Cut slabs of stone into sheets for floors or counters
Marked dimensions or outlines on stone before cutting with rules and chalk lines
Inserted wedges and feathers into holes, and drove wedges with sledgehammers to split stone sections
Drilled holes into sides of stones, inserted dogs or attached slings for removal
Located grain line patterns to determine how rocks would split when cut
Examining natural stone, Directing construction personnel
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Found lines to split rocksRemoved stone pieces with toolsUsed wedges to split stonesMarked stone sizes with chalkCut stone slabs for useDrilled holes in stone
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Identified grain lines in rocks to determine optimal splitting patterns.
Used wedges and sledgehammers to split stones from larger masses.
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Identified grain lines in rocks to determine optimal splitting patterns, reducing waste from incorrect cuts
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Reduced waste from incorrect cutsImproved efficiency in splitting rocksMinimized damage to surrounding stone
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Used wedges and sledgehammers to split stones from larger masses.
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Several each shiftA few large stones dailyMultiple stones per workday
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What a Quarry Rock Splitter does
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Separate blocks of rough dimension stone from quarry mass using jackhammers, wedges, or chop saws.
What it pays
How much does a Quarry Rock Splitter make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$42,670
Median
$48,740
75th percentile
$60,030
About 3,320 people do this work in the United States.
What it pays in each state
State
25th percentile
Median
75th percentile
CA
$52,660
$61,620
$75,260
CO
$45,340
$46,590
$49,000
GA
$41,720
$42,320
$48,340
ID
$30,210
$35,880
$44,090
IN
$48,040
$49,890
$58,630
KS
$39,110
$42,560
$43,850
KY
$40,100
$44,000
$48,710
MA
$48,280
$66,000
$70,940
MN
$55,140
$57,970
$60,440
MO
$56,720
$60,990
$65,040
MT
$39,980
$46,260
$50,570
NC
$49,640
$56,320
$62,940
OH
$46,240
$48,560
$48,950
OK
$39,520
$45,040
$49,100
OR
$50,510
$59,760
$74,230
PA
$46,880
$48,580
$54,560
PR
$22,280
$22,810
$26,320
TN
$44,550
$48,160
$56,880
VT
$65,420
$65,420
$69,440
WI
$56,180
$62,000
$88,340
Other names
Other names for this job
rock splitter, sandstone splitter, splitter operator, stone splitter, rock splitters quarry, driller, quarry chop saw operator, quarry driller, quarry plug and feather driller, quarry worker, quarrying specialist, rock breaker.
More names for this work
rock picker, rockman, stone breaker.
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Quarry Rock Splitter
Breaking concrete
Cutting masonry materials
Examining natural stone
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This page is about the occupation Rock Splitters, Quarry. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.