DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

51-9196 Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Occupational Description:
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.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Southeast Balance of StateN/AN/AN/A$1.73/hrN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Minnesota 2,010474$19.09/hr$1.45/hr$10.93/hr$13.08/hr$18.68/hr$24.10/hr$29.04/hr
U S 100,2902,206$19.99/hr$0.18/hr$12.20/hr$14.90/hr$19.13/hr$24.13/hr$29.97/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Other Regional Data For Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA 1,210 $18.27/hr N/A
Southwest Balance of State N/A N/A N/A
Northwest Balance of State N/A N/A N/A
Rochester MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
Northeast Balance of State N/A N/A N/A
Southeast Balance of State N/A N/A N/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA N/A N/A N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
St Cloud MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
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Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticN/AN/AN/A
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