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
Southwest Minnesota N/A0N/AN/AN/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 2022 - 2032
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 1,010 $19.36/hr -3.1%
Southwest Minnesota N/A N/A N/A
Central Minnesota N/A N/A -10.2%
Northwest Minnesota N/A N/A N/A
Northeast Minnesota N/A N/A -18.4%
Southeast Minnesota N/A $19.86/hr 6.6%
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EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
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Tasks for Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders