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Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Set up, operate, or tend spraying or rolling machines to coat or paint any of a wide variety of products, including glassware, cloth, ceramics, metal, plastic, paper, or wood, with lacquer, silver, copper, rubber, varnish, glaze, enamel, oil, or rust-proofing materials. Includes painters of transportation vehicles such as painters in auto body repair facilities.
What a coating, painting, and spraying machine setter, operator, and tender does
Become a coating, painting, and spraying machine setter, operator, and tender
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good coating, painting, and spraying machine setter, operator, and tender
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $34 per hour with a typical salary of $76,000 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $23 and $41 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $17,500 and $85,300 per year.
- 55% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $25 per hour with a typical salary of $30,300 per year.
- 37.3% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Coating, Painting, And Spraying Machine Setter, Operator, And Tender job outlook
- There are 3,891 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 488 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 1% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 17% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.