Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders

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Total Workforce

270k

Average Age

40.9

Average Salary

$28,349

Average Male Salary

$31,308

Average Female Salary

$25,735

About

Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders are most often employed by the Animal slaughtering & processing industry. The average yearly wage for Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders was $28,349 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders by wage are Furniture finishers, Machine feeders & offbearers, and Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand.

Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders are part of the Production Occupations, along with Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers, Electrical, electronics, & electromechanical assemblers, Engine & other machine assemblers, Structural metal fabricators & fitters, Other assemblers and fabricators, and 55 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders are Benton County PUMA, AR, Sioux City PUMA, IA, and Storm Lake, Denison & Cherokee Region PUMA, IA. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders are Logan, Polk, Franklin, Sevier, Howard & Scott Counties PUMA, AR, Storm Lake, Denison & Cherokee Region PUMA, IA, and Sioux City PUMA, IA.

Production Occupations Production Occupations Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations

Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders and on wages and locations for those in the field. Animal slaughtering & processing is the industry that employs the most Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders, by average wage, is Fabric mills, except knitting mills. Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders are paid most in Taney, Barry, Stone & McDonald Counties PUMA, MO but are relatively concentrated in Logan, Polk, Franklin, Sevier, Howard & Scott Counties PUMA, AR.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$28,349

AVERAGE SALARY

± $940

In 2018, Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders earned an average of $28,349, $25,540 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Furniture finishers make somewhat more than Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders while Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.303

WAGE GINI

In 2018, Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.303, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders, by number of employees, are Animal slaughtering & processing, Seafood & other miscellaneous foods, n.e.c. , and Fruit & vegetable preserving & specialty food manufacturing.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders, by average wage, are Fabric mills, except knitting mills, Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers , Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers , Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals, Agricultural chemical manufacturing, and Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing .

Industries by Share

270k

2018 Workforce

± 12,746

-1.15%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 6.73%

The number of people employed as Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders has been declining at a rate of -1.15%, from 273,169 people in 2017 to 270,028 people in 2018.

This graphic shows the share of Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders employed by various industries. Animal slaughtering & processing employs the largest share of Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders at 26.1%, followed by Seafood & other miscellaneous foods, n.e.c. with 9.43% and Fruit & vegetable preserving & specialty food manufacturing with 6.29%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders in the US. The average age of male Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders in the workforce is 40.1 and of female Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders is 41.7, and the most common race/ethnicity for Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

127k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 8,733

143k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 9,293

53.1% of Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders are Female, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders

White (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)

30.9% of Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 24% of Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders, White (Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders.

Age by Gender

40.1

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.961

41.7

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 0.862

The median age of Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders is 40.9, and Male employees are generally 1.64 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders is Business but a relatively high number of Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders hold a major in Liberal Arts & Humanities.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degree-majorss. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree-majors obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders need many skills, but most especially Operation Monitoring, Coordination, and Monitoring. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, and Operation and Control.