DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

Operate one or more of a variety of office machines, such as photocopying, photographic, and duplicating machines, or other office machines. Excludes ?Billing and Posting Clerks? (43-3021) and ?Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service? (43-9051).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020

					Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Minnesota	1,300	226	$18.84/hr	$0.23/hr	$14.47/hr	$16.50/hr	$18.47/hr	$21.33/hr	$24.40/hr
U S	45,960	1,471	$17.10/hr	$0.10/hr	$11.25/hr	$13.28/hr	$16.27/hr	$19.76/hr	$24.56/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

Leading Industries for Office Machine Operators, Except Computer Industry OES Employment OES Median Wage Education and Health Services 380 $18.55/hr Professional and Business Services 310 $18.04/hr Financial Activities 190 $17.89/hr Trade, Transportation and Utilities 90 $19.74/hr Public Administration 20 $21.93/hr

Other Regional Data For Office Machine Operators, Except Computer Geography (click title for details) OES Projections Employment Median Wage % Change 2023 - 2025 Minnesota 1,300 $18.47/hr -2.0% Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA 690 $18.95/hr N/A Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 680 $18.98/hr N/A Central Minnesota 140 $17.29/hr N/A Northeast Minnesota 60 $19.44/hr N/A Southwest Balance of State 50 $17.48/hr N/A Fargo ND-MN MSA 50 $17.22/hr N/A Duluth MN-WI MSA 50 $20.53/hr N/A Northwest Minnesota 50 $17.58/hr N/A Northwest Balance of State 40 $18.11/hr N/A La Crosse WI-MN MSA 20 $18.79/hr N/A St Cloud MN MSA N/A N/A N/A Northeast Balance of State N/A N/A N/A Rochester MN MSA N/A $15.48/hr N/A Southwest Minnesota N/A $17.53/hr N/A Grand Forks ND-MN MSA N/A N/A N/A Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA N/A $17.59/hr N/A Southeast Minnesota N/A $18.26/hr N/A Southeast Balance of State N/A $18.27/hr N/A

Related Occupations

Occupation (click title for details)	OES		Projections
	Employment	Median Wage	% Change 2023 - 2025
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	2,450	$15.03/hr	-0.5%
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers	530	$17.72/hr	0.8%

• Sets controls for number of copies and presses buttons to start machine.
• Records number of copies made.
• Cleans and oils machine and printing plate.
• Cuts copies apart and writes identifying information on copies.
• Moves heat unit and clamping frame over screen bed to form Braille impression on page.
• Loads machine with blank paper or film and places paper roll in holding tray or rack of machine.
• Selects type, embossed plate, or paper stock according to size, color, thickness, and quantity specified.
• Adjusts machine to regulate ink flow, speed, paper size, focus, exposure, and camera distance from document.
• Places original copy in feed tray, feeds originals into feed rolls, or positions originals on table beneath camera lens.