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Also called abrasive coating machine operator, abrasive coating machine setup operator, carbon coating machine operator and carbon paper coating machine setter.
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Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender
Coating, painting, and spraying machine operator setting up and running machines to apply coatings on various products, mixing paints, and ensuring surfaces are clean and free of flaws
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Disposed of hazardous waste daily during my shifts to maintain a safe working environment
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Sprayed surfaces with coatings, ensuring even application and adherence to specifications.
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The work itself
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Set up, operate, or tend spraying or rolling machines to coat or paint any of a wide variety of products, including glassware, cloth, ceramics, metal, plastic, paper, or wood, with lacquer, silver, copper, rubber, varnish, glaze, enamel, oil, or rust-proofing materials. Includes painters of transportation vehicles such as painters in auto body repair facilities.
What it pays
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
| 25th percentile | $40,590 |
|---|---|
| Median | $48,250 |
| 75th percentile | $59,680 |
| State | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| AK | $45,210 | $69,910 | $81,610 |
| AL | $37,210 | $44,250 | $53,330 |
| AR | $37,450 | $46,380 | $49,960 |
| AZ | $40,590 | $47,860 | $56,950 |
| CA | $43,840 | $52,950 | $68,890 |
| CO | $47,480 | $53,590 | $75,510 |
| CT | $44,710 | $52,900 | $65,450 |
| DE | $37,380 | $46,120 | $62,510 |
| FL | $39,990 | $47,860 | $59,210 |
| GA | $39,780 | $46,450 | $59,970 |
| HI | $45,040 | $51,990 | $63,240 |
| IA | $44,190 | $49,330 | $59,160 |
| ID | $39,630 | $45,810 | $51,110 |
| IL | $42,550 | $48,000 | $57,980 |
| IN | $38,890 | $47,320 | $59,270 |
| KS | $38,320 | $47,120 | $58,040 |
| KY | $36,560 | $47,170 | $53,690 |
| LA | $39,420 | $47,950 | $57,420 |
| MA | $45,120 | $51,150 | $59,980 |
| MD | $45,210 | $55,510 | $83,760 |
| ME | $47,430 | $56,200 | $64,720 |
| MI | $38,300 | $44,670 | $53,340 |
| MN | $46,440 | $52,210 | $62,500 |
| MO | $40,800 | $47,580 | $60,670 |
| MS | $43,680 | $53,170 | $63,180 |
| MT | $42,740 | $47,380 | $55,460 |
| NC | $38,290 | $46,730 | $55,650 |
| ND | $46,110 | $51,020 | $68,180 |
| NE | $46,530 | $49,340 | $61,030 |
| NH | $45,850 | $48,410 | $58,170 |
| NJ | $47,320 | $58,240 | $76,530 |
| NM | $38,220 | $45,730 | $50,050 |
| NV | $40,130 | $45,750 | $53,340 |
| NY | $41,530 | $48,000 | $59,500 |
| OH | $42,630 | $48,550 | $57,940 |
| OK | $38,020 | $45,780 | $54,720 |
| OR | $46,220 | $49,400 | $61,980 |
| PA | $42,580 | $48,340 | $58,940 |
| PR | $21,840 | $29,850 | $34,010 |
| RI | $41,280 | $49,850 | $60,840 |
| SC | $40,130 | $48,220 | $56,670 |
| SD | $40,570 | $47,980 | $53,310 |
| TN | $39,870 | $47,210 | $55,620 |
| TX | $38,130 | $46,750 | $58,170 |
| UT | $39,720 | $47,880 | $56,200 |
| VA | $45,760 | $49,880 | $63,440 |
| VT | $46,500 | $49,360 | $60,000 |
| WA | $47,790 | $59,980 | $78,740 |
| WI | $45,180 | $49,170 | $57,960 |
| WV | $37,910 | $42,950 | $50,690 |
| WY | $46,670 | $50,220 | $65,220 |
Other names
abrasive coating machine operator, abrasive coating machine setup operator, carbon coating machine operator, carbon paper coating machine setter, coating machine operator, coating operator, coating painting and spraying machine setters operators and tenders, electrostatic powder coating technician, hardboard coating machine operator, paper coating machine operator, pcb coating equipment operator, printed circuit boards coating equipment operator.
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This page is about the occupation Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.