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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.
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Already yours: Sorting materials or products, Removing products, Monitoring equipment operation
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| Median pay | $43,220 a year |
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What you have not done yet. Marking equipment with labels, Counting finished products, Weighing finished products
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