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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019
51-9196 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.
National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation
National estimates for this occupation:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:
Employment (1) |
Employment RSE (3) |
Mean hourly wage |
Mean annual wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
100,290 |
2.2 % |
$19.70 |
$40,980 |
0.9 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50% (Median) |
75% |
90% |
Hourly Wage |
$12.02 |
$14.68 |
$18.85 |
$23.78 |
$29.53 |
Annual Wage (2) |
$25,000 |
$30,530 |
$39,210 |
$49,460 |
$61,430 |
Industry profile for this occupation:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
Converted Paper Product Manufacturing |
62,070 |
22.86 |
$18.69 |
$38,870 |
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills |
23,460 |
25.36 |
$24.79 |
$51,560 |
Printing and Related Support Activities |
4,640 |
1.08 |
$17.03 |
$35,430 |
Animal Slaughtering and Processing |
1,360 |
0.26 |
$15.26 |
$31,750 |
Plastics Product Manufacturing |
580 |
0.10 |
$14.89 |
$30,980 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills |
23,460 |
25.36 |
$24.79 |
$51,560 |
Converted Paper Product Manufacturing |
62,070 |
22.86 |
$18.69 |
$38,870 |
Printing and Related Support Activities |
4,640 |
1.08 |
$17.03 |
$35,430 |
Animal Slaughtering and Processing |
1,360 |
0.26 |
$15.26 |
$31,750 |
Plastics Product Manufacturing |
580 |
0.10 |
$14.89 |
$30,980 |
Top paying industries for this occupation:
Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills |
23,460 |
25.36 |
$24.79 |
$51,560 |
Dairy Product Manufacturing |
120 |
0.08 |
$19.14 |
$39,820 |
Converted Paper Product Manufacturing |
62,070 |
22.86 |
$18.69 |
$38,870 |
Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers |
130 |
0.04 |
$17.68 |
$36,780 |
Printing and Related Support Activities |
4,640 |
1.08 |
$17.03 |
$35,430 |
Geographic profile for this occupation:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in this occupation:
State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
Wisconsin |
9,260 |
3.23 |
4.73 |
$21.35 |
$44,400 |
Pennsylvania |
6,920 |
1.17 |
1.72 |
$19.64 |
$40,860 |
Texas |
5,720 |
0.46 |
0.67 |
$16.52 |
$34,370 |
Georgia |
5,630 |
1.26 |
1.84 |
$20.86 |
$43,400 |
Ohio |
5,610 |
1.03 |
1.51 |
$19.11 |
$39,740 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
Wisconsin |
9,260 |
3.23 |
4.73 |
$21.35 |
$44,400 |
Arkansas |
2,410 |
1.98 |
2.90 |
$19.79 |
$41,150 |
Alabama |
3,230 |
1.64 |
2.40 |
$23.01 |
$47,850 |
South Carolina |
3,300 |
1.57 |
2.29 |
$23.52 |
$48,910 |
Missouri |
3,910 |
1.39 |
2.03 |
$20.52 |
$42,690 |
Top paying States for this occupation:
State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
Oregon |
1,080 |
0.57 |
0.83 |
$27.30 |
$56,780 |
South Carolina |
3,300 |
1.57 |
2.29 |
$23.52 |
$48,910 |
Oklahoma |
1,140 |
0.71 |
1.04 |
$23.42 |
$48,710 |
Washington |
2,110 |
0.64 |
0.93 |
$23.15 |
$48,150 |
Alabama |
3,230 |
1.64 |
2.40 |
$23.01 |
$47,850 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:
Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
4,030 |
0.86 |
1.26 |
$18.15 |
$37,750 |
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
3,060 |
0.32 |
0.46 |
$17.53 |
$36,470 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
2,450 |
0.67 |
0.98 |
$15.83 |
$32,930 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
2,230 |
0.81 |
1.19 |
$17.60 |
$36,600 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
1,830 |
0.29 |
0.43 |
$19.91 |
$41,420 |
Green Bay, WI |
1,770 |
10.14 |
14.85 |
$20.30 |
$42,220 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA |
1,680 |
6.46 |
9.45 |
$21.63 |
$44,990 |
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI |
1,440 |
15.16 |
22.20 |
$22.43 |
$46,660 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
1,340 |
0.47 |
0.68 |
$19.80 |
$41,190 |
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN |
1,310 |
1.21 |
1.77 |
$19.38 |
$40,320 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI |
1,440 |
15.16 |
22.20 |
$22.43 |
$46,660 |
Pine Bluff, AR |
350 |
11.61 |
17.01 |
$22.29 |
$46,370 |
Green Bay, WI |
1,770 |
10.14 |
14.85 |
$20.30 |
$42,220 |
Wausau, WI |
640 |
8.94 |
13.10 |
$24.97 |
$51,940 |
Owensboro, KY |
460 |
8.93 |
13.08 |
$26.71 |
$55,570 |
Longview, WA |
340 |
8.93 |
13.08 |
$27.39 |
$56,970 |
Walla Walla, WA |
210 |
7.97 |
11.68 |
$26.05 |
$54,190 |
Gettysburg, PA |
240 |
7.30 |
10.69 |
$19.27 |
$40,080 |
Glens Falls, NY |
350 |
6.67 |
9.77 |
$23.27 |
$48,390 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA |
1,680 |
6.46 |
9.45 |
$21.63 |
$44,990 |
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