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43-9071 Office Machine Operators, Except Computer

Occupational Description:

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
EDR 7E- East Central	N/A	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
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.

Other Regional Data For Office Machine Operators, Except Computer
Geography (click title for details)	OES		Projections
Geography (click title for details)	Employment	Median Wage	% Change -
EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	680	$18.98/hr	N/A
EDR 9 - South Central	60	$17.42/hr	N/A
EDR 3 - Arrowhead	60	$19.44/hr	N/A
EDR 6E- Southwest Central	20	$17.43/hr	N/A
EDR 1 - Northwest	10	N/A	N/A
EDR 4 - West Central	10	$17.64/hr	N/A
EDR 5 - North Central	10	$18.39/hr	N/A
EDR 7E- East Central	N/A	N/A	N/A
EDR 10 - Southeast	N/A	$18.26/hr	N/A
EDR 8 - Southwest	N/A	N/A	N/A
EDR 7W- Central	N/A	N/A	N/A
EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	N/A	N/A	N/A
EDR 2 - Headwaters	N/A	N/A	N/A

Related Occupations
Occupation (click title for details)	OES		Projections
Occupation (click title for details)	Employment	Median Wage	% Change -
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	N/A	N/A	N/A
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers	N/A	N/A	N/A

Tasks for Office Machine Operators, Except Computer

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.