Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Manufacturing
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.

What a paper goods machine setter, operator, and tender does

Become a paper goods machine setter, operator, and tender

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good paper goods machine setter, operator, and tender

  • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Average hourly rate is $27 per hour with an average salary of $56,300 per year.
  • Half of workers earn between $23 and $30 per hour.
  • Half of workers earn an annual salary between $47,000 and $61,400 per year.

Paper Goods Machine Setter, Operator, And Tender job outlook

  • There are 2,232 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 225 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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