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Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
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 $33 per hour with an average salary of $56,300 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $21 and $36 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $20,800 and $74,800 per year.
- 50% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The average hourly rate for part-time workers is $31 per hour with an average salary of $28,000 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.
Multiple Jobs
- 1% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 20% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.