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.
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary by state
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders is a professional role in the Production job family, focused on Paper Goods Machine Setters, 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 Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenderss do
Typical education: High School Diploma
Examine completed work to detect defects and verify conformance to work orders, and adjust machinery as necessary to correct production problems.
Observe operation of various machines to detect and correct machine malfunctions such as improper forming, glue flow, or pasteboard tension.
Start machines and move controls to regulate tension on pressure rolls, to synchronize speed of machine components, and to adjust temperatures of glue or paraffin.
Disassemble machines to maintain, repair, or replace broken or worn parts, using hand or power tools.
Install attachments to machines for gluing, folding, printing, or cutting.
Top skills:Operations MonitoringOperation and ControlQuality Control AnalysisTime ManagementSpeakingMonitoring
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Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary by industry
Sectors 31, 32, and 33 – Manufacturing
90,760 workers
$55,500
Wholesale Trade
2,660 workers
$44,500
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
1,660 workers
$39,000
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting
320 workers
$40,000
Sectors 48 and 49 – Transportation and Warehousing
220 workers
$41,500
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
70 workers
$50,000
National sector-level figures, BLS OEWS May 2025, aged to 2026.
How this role compares
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders pays 1% below the average across 105 roles in the Production job family (family average $55,000).
