Maintenance Workers, Machinery

Manufacturing
Lubricate machinery, change parts, or perform other routine machinery maintenance.

What a maintenance worker, machinery does

Become a maintenance worker, machinery

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good maintenance worker, machinery

  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  • Reading work related information.
  • Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work.
  • Planning and doing the basic maintenance on equipment.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Average hourly rate is $29 per hour with an average salary of $59,500 per year.
  • Half of workers earn between $23 and $35 per hour.
  • Half of workers earn an annual salary between $47,100 and $72,500 per year.

Maintenance Worker, Machinery job outlook

  • There are 433 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 96 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

Growth rate by year

Education needed

These occupations usually require a high school diploma.

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