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Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Wage and Price Data in the US (2025)

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Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 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.

State Geographic Wage Rates for Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY Average $x.x per hour $x.x per hour $x.x per hour $x.x per hour $x.x per hour IBISWorld
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Geographic Area Average ($/hour) 2025 Entry level ($/hour) 2025 Medium ($/hour) 2025 Experienced ($/hour) 2025
Alabama $XX $XX $XX $XX
Alaska $XX $XX $XX $XX
Arizona $XX $XX $XX $XX
Arkansas $XX $XX $XX $XX
California $XX $XX $XX $XX
Colorado $XX $XX $XX $XX
Connecticut $XX $XX $XX $XX
Delaware $XX $XX $XX $XX
Florida $XX $XX $XX $XX
Georgia $XX $XX $XX $XX
Hawaii $XX $XX $XX $XX
Idaho $XX $XX $XX $XX
Illinois $XX $XX $XX $XX
Indiana $XX $XX $XX $XX
Iowa $XX $XX $XX $XX
Kansas $XX $XX $XX $XX
Kentucky $XX $XX $XX $XX
Louisiana $XX $XX $XX $XX
Maine $XX $XX $XX $XX
Maryland $XX $XX $XX $XX
Massachusetts $XX $XX $XX $XX
Michigan $XX $XX $XX $XX
Minnesota $XX $XX $XX $XX
Mississippi $XX $XX $XX $XX
Missouri $XX $XX $XX $XX
Montana $XX $XX $XX $XX
Nebraska $XX $XX $XX $XX
Nevada $XX $XX $XX $XX
New Hampshire $XX $XX $XX $XX
New Jersey $XX $XX $XX $XX
New Mexico $XX $XX $XX $XX
New York $XX $XX $XX $XX
North Carolina $XX $XX $XX $XX
North Dakota $XX $XX $XX $XX
Ohio $XX $XX $XX $XX
Oklahoma $XX $XX $XX $XX
Oregon $XX $XX $XX $XX
Pennsylvania $XX $XX $XX $XX
Rhode Island $XX $XX $XX $XX
South Carolina $XX $XX $XX $XX
South Dakota $XX $XX $XX $XX
Tennessee $XX $XX $XX $XX
Texas $XX $XX $XX $XX
Utah $XX $XX $XX $XX
Vermont $XX $XX $XX $XX
Virginia $XX $XX $XX $XX
Washington $XX $XX $XX $XX
West Virginia $XX $XX $XX $XX
Wisconsin $XX $XX $XX $XX
Wyoming $XX $XX $XX $XX

Metropolitan Statistical Area Wage Rates for Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Metropolitan Area Metropolitan Code ($/hour) 2025 Average ($/hour) 2025 Entry Level ($/hour) 2025 Median ($/hour) 2025 Experienced ($/hour) 2025
Birmingham-Hoover, AL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Decatur, AL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Montgomery, AL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Tuscaloosa, AL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Fort Smith, AR-OK $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Pine Bluff, AR $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Bakersfield, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Fresno, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Modesto, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Salinas, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Stockton-Lodi, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Visalia-Porterville, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Jacksonville, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Dalton, GA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Macon, GA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Boise City, ID $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Lewiston, ID-WA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Rockford, IL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Elkhart-Goshen, IN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Fort Wayne, IN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Terre Haute, IN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Cedar Rapids, IA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Kansas nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Bowling Green, KY $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Monroe, LA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Portland-South Portland, ME $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Leominster-Gardner, MA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Springfield, MA-CT $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Worcester, MA-CT $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Ann Arbor, MI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Battle Creek, MI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Hattiesburg, MS $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Jackson, MS $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Joplin, MO $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Kansas City, MO-KS $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
St. Louis, MO-IL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Springfield, MO $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Lincoln, NE $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Reno, NV $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Glens Falls, NY $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Rochester, NY $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Syracuse, NY $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Asheville, NC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Greensboro-High Point, NC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Raleigh, NC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Winston-Salem, NC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Akron, OH $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Canton-Massillon, OH $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Cleveland-Elyria, OH $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Columbus, OH $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Dayton, OH $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Springfield, OH $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Toledo, OH $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Oklahoma City, OK $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Albany, OR $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Salem, OR $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Altoona, PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Erie, PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Gettysburg, PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Lancaster, PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Lebanon, PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Pittsburgh, PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Reading, PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
York-Hanover, PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Charleston-North Charleston, SC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Columbia, SC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Florence, SC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Spartanburg, SC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Sioux Falls, SD $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Chattanooga, TN-GA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Clarksville, TN-KY $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Cleveland, TN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Jackson, TN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Knoxville, TN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Memphis, TN-MS-AR $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Morristown, TN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
El Paso, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Killeen-Temple, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Ogden-Clearfield, UT $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Provo-Orem, UT $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Salt Lake City, UT $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Lynchburg, VA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Richmond, VA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Roanoke, VA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Longview, WA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Yakima, WA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Appleton, WI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Fond du Lac, WI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Green Bay, WI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Janesville-Beloit, WI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Madison, WI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Racine, WI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Wausau, WI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX

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What is the job of Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in the US in 2025?

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 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.

What is the wage or salary of Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in the US?

IBISWorld’s data coverage of Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in the US includes hourly rates for median, entry level, average and experienced workers in the US.

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