Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, aged to 2026 using compounded market movement. State selections show BLS state-level figures where published. Actual pay varies with experience, industry, and organization size.
Conveyor Operators and Tenders is a professional role in the Transportation and Material Moving job family, focused on Conveyor Operators and Tenders work. Pay for this title reflects both its level and its scope; see our Title Level and Organization Responsibility guides for how WePayFairly defines them.
What Conveyor Operators and Tenderss do
Typical education: Less than a High School Diploma
Inform supervisors of equipment malfunctions that need to be addressed.
Observe conveyor operations and monitor lights, dials, and gauges to maintain specified operating levels and to detect equipment malfunctions.
Record production data such as weights, types, quantities, and storage locations of materials, as well as equipment performance problems and downtime.
Load, unload, or adjust materials or products on conveyors by hand, by using lifts, hoists, and scoops, or by opening gates, chutes, or hoppers.
Stop equipment or machinery and clear jams, using poles, bars, and hand tools, or remove damaged materials from conveyors.
Top skills:Operations MonitoringOperation and ControlMonitoringActive ListeningSpeakingCritical Thinking
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Conveyor Operators and Tenders salary by industry
Sectors 48 and 49 – Transportation and Warehousing
10,960 workers
$42,500
Sectors 31, 32, and 33 – Manufacturing
4,980 workers
$51,500
Wholesale Trade
4,580 workers
$45,000
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
1,290 workers
$68,500
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
390 workers
$40,000
Sectors 44 and 45 – Retail Trade
80 workers
$42,500
Federal, State, and Local Government, excl. State & Local Schools & Hospitals & USPS
40 workers
$80,500
Construction
30 workers
$55,500
National sector-level figures, BLS OEWS May 2025, aged to 2026.
How this role compares
Conveyor Operators and Tenders pays 32% below the average across 50 roles in the Transportation and Material Moving job family (family average $68,500).
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