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
EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 1,010197$19.46/hr$0.96/hr$12.44/hr$14.98/hr$19.36/hr$23.74/hr$27.58/hr
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.


Leading Industries for Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Manufacturing900$19.78/hr
Professional and Business Services50$18.77/hr
Other Regional Data For Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 1,010 $19.36/hr N/A
EDR 7W- Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 6E- Southwest Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 7E- East Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 4 - West Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 3 - Arrowhead N/A N/A N/A
EDR 9 - South Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 10 - Southeast N/A $19.86/hr N/A
EDR 5 - North Central N/A N/A N/A
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