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Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Role Overview

Set up, operate, or tend paper goods machines that perform a variety of functions, such as converting, sawing, corrugating, banding, wrapping, boxing, stitching, forming, or sealing paper or paperboard sheets into products.

Salary by State (top paying)

State Median salary
Louisiana $62,690
Oklahoma $61,750
Utah $59,100
Wisconsin $57,760
Oregon $57,010
Illinois $56,860
Idaho $56,300
Washington $56,240
Minnesota $55,790
Kentucky $53,650
New York $51,860
South Carolina $51,720
Connecticut $51,530
Maine $51,450
Pennsylvania $50,780

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BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), BLS Employment Projections.

Median Annual Salary

$49,390

Projected Growth (10yr)

+-6.3%

Avg. annual openings

8.1k

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