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Also called automatic cigar wrapper tender, baling machine tender, can closing machine tender and casing running machine tender.
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Packaging and Filling Machine Operator and Tender
Packaging and filling machine operator preparing products for storage or shipment, attaching labels, sorting and inspecting items, monitoring production lines, and performing minor repairs on equipment
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Sorted and inspected products to ensure quality, resulting in fewer defective items reaching customers
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Monitored machine operations for quality issues, ensuring compliance with production standards.
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Operate or tend machines to prepare industrial or consumer products for storage or shipment. Includes cannery workers who pack food products.
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 | $36,850 |
|---|---|
| Median | $43,220 |
| 75th percentile | $49,070 |
| State | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| AK | $36,920 | $38,730 | $47,560 |
| AL | $31,970 | $37,820 | $46,110 |
| AR | $35,360 | $37,740 | $44,890 |
| AZ | $36,600 | $40,560 | $48,510 |
| CA | $37,690 | $44,020 | $49,300 |
| CO | $38,630 | $46,010 | $50,300 |
| CT | $36,500 | $39,460 | $46,920 |
| DE | $36,800 | $38,500 | $45,440 |
| FL | $31,840 | $37,170 | $45,350 |
| GA | $35,560 | $42,920 | $53,040 |
| HI | $32,270 | $36,810 | $39,200 |
| IA | $40,810 | $45,660 | $51,560 |
| ID | $37,240 | $46,720 | $52,260 |
| IL | $37,590 | $43,150 | $48,030 |
| IN | $36,410 | $44,600 | $50,100 |
| KS | $37,770 | $44,890 | $48,610 |
| KY | $38,640 | $45,450 | $52,620 |
| LA | $29,980 | $38,370 | $47,130 |
| MA | $37,050 | $40,360 | $47,680 |
| MD | $37,490 | $43,670 | $59,160 |
| ME | $39,100 | $47,970 | $58,630 |
| MI | $36,290 | $41,690 | $48,510 |
| MN | $37,980 | $40,960 | $48,180 |
| MO | $42,250 | $48,070 | $57,020 |
| MS | $30,320 | $37,720 | $40,970 |
| MT | $36,820 | $44,350 | $50,890 |
| NC | $36,160 | $41,150 | $49,190 |
| ND | $43,980 | $47,390 | $51,190 |
| NE | $38,570 | $46,220 | $49,400 |
| NH | $46,420 | $49,450 | $58,030 |
| NJ | $35,350 | $40,280 | $48,640 |
| NM | $31,950 | $35,640 | $39,470 |
| NV | $28,860 | $37,440 | $48,580 |
| NY | $36,310 | $39,330 | $47,730 |
| OH | $37,080 | $43,310 | $49,190 |
| OK | $36,190 | $39,310 | $44,640 |
| OR | $38,060 | $45,180 | $52,630 |
| PA | $37,250 | $44,480 | $50,230 |
| PR | $23,260 | $27,970 | $40,450 |
| RI | $36,990 | $38,330 | $53,120 |
| SC | $36,930 | $40,010 | $47,230 |
| SD | $38,890 | $43,860 | $46,790 |
| TN | $36,000 | $43,190 | $49,990 |
| TX | $33,880 | $38,950 | $46,350 |
| UT | $37,470 | $43,780 | $49,850 |
| VA | $35,990 | $44,950 | $53,120 |
| VT | $38,800 | $46,670 | $49,240 |
| WA | $38,100 | $41,700 | $48,040 |
| WI | $39,160 | $46,220 | $50,000 |
| WV | $36,870 | $46,410 | $55,560 |
| WY | $39,000 | $48,890 | $58,800 |
Other names
automatic cigar wrapper tender, baling machine tender, can closing machine tender, casing running machine tender, cubing machine tender, filling machine tender, hot kettle tender, plug overwrap machine tender, tobacco wrapping machine tender, ampoule filler, ampoule sealer, apple press operator.
assembly line worker, assembly person, assembly worker, auto roller, automatic packer operator, bag bundler, bag loader machine operator, bagging machine operator, baler, baler operator, bandage wrapping machine operator, bander, barrel filler, base filler, base filler operator, bb shot packer, belt worker, blister pack operator, blister packaging machine operator, blocker, bottle capper, bottle capping machine operator, bottle caser, bottle filler, bottle labeler, bottle line worker, bottle packer, bottler, bottling line operator, bottling machine operator, bottling room worker, box closing machine operator, box strapper, boxer operator, boxing machine operator, bread wrapper, bread wrapper operator, bullet charging machine operator, bunch maker, bundler, bundling machine operator, can capper, can closing machine operator, can coverer, can filler, can labeler, can line operator, can sealer.
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This page is about the occupation Packaging and Filling Machine 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. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.