Occupational employment / Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 2,160 $12.94 $26,920
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 19,970 $12.06 $25,080
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 16,830 $12.16 $25,290
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 16,360 $12.38 $25,740
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 14,520 $12.38 $25,750
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 13,190 $12.43 $25,850
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 7,750 $11.89 $24,740
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 7,680 $12.18 $25,340
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 6,960 $13.42 $27,910
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 6,470 $11.82 $24,590
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 5,200 $12.45 $25,890
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 4,920 $12.21 $25,390
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 4,770 $12.56 $26,120
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 4,740 $11.98 $24,920
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 4,570 $13.45 $27,980
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 4,560 $13.98 $29,080
Kansas City, MO-KS 4,440 $14.51 $30,180
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 4,420 $13.13 $27,310
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 4,280 $15.13 $31,470
St. Louis, MO-IL 3,960 $13.02 $27,080
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 3,850 $11.50 $23,910
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 3,830 $9.23 $19,200
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 3,680 $11.72 $24,390
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 3,640 $11.18 $23,250
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 3,440 $13.18 $27,400
Baltimore-Towson, MD 3,210 $15.27 $31,770
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 3,190 $12.02 $25,000
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 3,170 $12.50 $25,990
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 3,060 $12.27 $25,530
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 2,940 $12.50 $26,010
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 2,940 $12.30 $25,590
Greensboro-High Point, NC 2,920 $15.10 $31,410
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 2,910 $13.58 $28,250
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 2,780 $11.49 $23,900
Stockton, CA 2,610 $10.99 $22,870
Denver-Aurora, CO 2,530 $14.05 $29,230
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 2,520 $14.23 $29,600
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 2,490 $13.91 $28,930
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 2,440 $12.60 $26,200
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 2,380 $13.41 $27,890
Raleigh-Cary, NC 2,380 $15.74 $32,740
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 2,360 $11.59 $24,120
Rochester, NY 2,320 $12.91 $26,850
Columbus, OH 2,210 $15.75 $32,750
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 2,190 $14.57 $30,310
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 2,100 $10.50 $21,840
Richmond, VA 2,100 $10.27 $21,370
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 2,050 $12.58 $26,170
Salt Lake City, UT 2,040 $11.70 $24,340
Pittsburgh, PA 2,030 $13.75 $28,600
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 2,020 $14.01 $29,130
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 2,010 $12.14 $25,250
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 1,920 $12.42 $25,840
Jacksonville, FL 1,900 $13.55 $28,190
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 1,860 $12.53 $26,050
Lancaster, PA 1,760 $14.63 $30,440
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 1,750 $13.79 $28,680
Greenville, SC 1,730 $11.44 $23,780
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1,690 $14.39 $29,920
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 1,680 $14.43 $30,020
Fresno, CA 1,660 $10.97 $22,820
Modesto, CA 1,660 $15.74 $32,740
San Antonio, TX 1,500 $10.24 $21,310
Austin-Round Rock, TX 1,450 $14.35 $29,840
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 1,430 $10.57 $21,990
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 1,410 $11.46 $23,830
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1,330 $13.68 $28,460
Winston-Salem, NC 1,320 $21.04 $43,760
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 1,280 $11.71 $24,360
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 1,260 $14.49 $30,140
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 1,260 $11.94 $24,830
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 1,250 $11.83 $24,610
Madison, WI 1,230 $13.04 $27,120
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 1,230 $13.40 $27,870
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 1,200 $11.34 $23,580
Reading, PA 1,200 $12.30 $25,590
Green Bay, WI 1,190 $11.73 $24,390
Terre Haute, IN 1,190 $18.44 $38,340
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 1,180 $10.59 $22,030
Visalia-Porterville, CA 1,160 $11.37 $23,640
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 1,110 $11.74 $24,410
Syracuse, NY 1,090 $11.86 $24,680
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 1,090 $11.49 $23,900
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 1,070 $14.43 $30,020
Fort Smith, AR-OK 1,060 $11.16 $23,210
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 1,030 $14.43 $30,010
Boise City-Nampa, ID 1,020 $12.50 $26,000
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 1,010 $14.89 $30,970
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 970 $12.97 $26,970
Joplin, MO 950 $12.38 $25,750
Akron, OH 940 $12.70 $26,420
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 930 $10.76 $22,380
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 900 $13.59 $28,270
Toledo, OH 870 $15.14 $31,490
Napa, CA 870 $16.05 $33,380
St. Joseph, MO-KS 840 $12.00 $24,960
Springfield, MA-CT 830 $14.18 $29,490
Cedar Rapids, IA 820 $17.56 $36,530
Oklahoma City, OK 810 $10.55 $21,950
Canton-Massillon, OH 800 $10.77 $22,390
Salem, OR 790 $9.91 $20,610
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 770 $12.95 $26,930
Lakeland, FL 770 $11.34 $23,590
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 760 $15.03 $31,260
Bakersfield, CA 760 $14.22 $29,580
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 740 $10.24 $21,300
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 740 $11.68 $24,290
Gainesville, GA 740 $12.20 $25,370
York-Hanover, PA 730 $14.48 $30,110
Tulsa, OK 720 $9.91 $20,600
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 720 $13.33 $27,720
Baton Rouge, LA 700 $11.59 $24,120
El Paso, TX 690 $11.31 $23,530
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 670 $12.44 $25,870
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 670 $14.23 $29,600
Wichita, KS 660 $11.87 $24,690
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 650 $12.21 $25,390
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 650 $9.29 $19,310
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 650 $11.93 $24,800
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 640 $13.78 $28,670
Dalton, GA 640 $10.05 $20,910
Dayton, OH 630 $11.25 $23,400
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 630 $13.99 $29,090
Durham, NC 610 $15.73 $32,730
Knoxville, TN 610 $11.99 $24,930
Evansville, IN-KY 600 $13.45 $27,970
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 590 $15.70 $32,650
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 590 $12.34 $25,670
Burlington, NC 580 $9.71 $20,210
Provo-Orem, UT 580 $10.62 $22,100
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 570 $14.31 $29,760
Asheville, NC 570 $10.66 $22,170
New Haven, CT 570 $12.16 $25,300
Yakima, WA 560 $12.56 $26,130
St. Cloud, MN 550 $13.30 $27,670
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 550 $14.09 $29,300
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 540 $11.56 $24,040
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 530 $16.27 $33,840
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 510 $10.45 $21,740
Janesville, WI 510 $14.04 $29,200
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 510 $11.59 $24,110
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 500 $12.31 $25,610
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 500 $12.19 $25,360
Peoria, IL 500 $13.30 $27,670
Erie, PA 490 $13.99 $29,100
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 480 $10.96 $22,790
Salinas, CA 480 $12.05 $25,070
Eugene-Springfield, OR 480 $13.90 $28,910
Savannah, GA 480 $14.48 $30,110
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 470 $12.42 $25,840
Columbia, SC 470 $13.33 $27,730
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 460 $13.16 $27,380
Honolulu, HI 450 $11.81 $24,560
Worcester, MA-CT 450 $15.37 $31,960
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 450 $12.33 $25,640
Lexington-Fayette, KY 440 $14.77 $30,730
Rockford, IL 440 $12.80 $26,620
Tucson, AZ 430 $12.81 $26,650
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 420 $13.82 $28,750
Greeley, CO 410 $14.19 $29,510
Spokane, WA 400 $12.43 $25,860
Huntsville, AL 400 $10.87 $22,600
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 390 $14.66 $30,500
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 380 $7.07 $14,710
Lincoln, NE 370 $12.92 $26,880
Guayama, PR 370 $14.00 $29,110
Dothan, AL 360 $9.87 $20,530
Roanoke, VA 350 $11.02 $22,920
Fond du Lac, WI 350 $14.46 $30,070
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 350 Not available Not available
Fort Wayne, IN 350 $14.02 $29,160
Anderson, IN 340 $12.28 $25,540
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 330 $11.95 $24,850
Cleveland, TN 330 $10.74 $22,340
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 330 $10.72 $22,300
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 320 $13.89 $28,890
La Crosse, WI-MN 320 $16.00 $33,290
Waco, TX 320 Not available Not available
Battle Creek, MI 320 $15.89 $33,040
Pine Bluff, AR 310 Not available Not available
Fargo, ND-MN 310 $11.67 $24,270
Champaign-Urbana, IL 300 $15.58 $32,410
Decatur, AL 300 $13.48 $28,040
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 300 $10.90 $22,670
Iowa City, IA 300 $13.68 $28,460
Bellingham, WA 300 $11.70 $24,340
Wilmington, NC 290 $8.52 $17,710
Winchester, VA-WV 290 $13.34 $27,750
Bowling Green, KY 290 $13.81 $28,720
Lebanon, PA 280 $13.96 $29,050
Jackson, MS 270 $10.14 $21,090
Sheboygan, WI 270 $14.17 $29,470
Harrisonburg, VA 270 $15.50 $32,250
Utica-Rome, NY 270 $13.90 $28,910
Spartanburg, SC 260 $12.72 $26,460
Altoona, PA 260 Not available Not available
Boulder, CO 260 $11.73 $24,410
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 260 $13.13 $27,300
Rochester, MN 260 $15.31 $31,840
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 250 $13.22 $27,510
Morristown, TN 250 $9.23 $19,210
Montgomery, AL 240 $10.38 $21,590
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 240 $12.12 $25,200
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 230 $10.02 $20,840
Dover, DE 230 $12.92 $26,870
Eau Claire, WI 220 $12.80 $26,630
Owensboro, KY 220 $18.14 $37,740
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA 220 $11.32 $23,550
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 210 $13.83 $28,760
Sioux Falls, SD 210 $12.75 $26,520
Amarillo, TX 210 $10.78 $22,420
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 200 $11.07 $23,020
Florence, SC 200 $10.79 $22,450
Valdosta, GA 200 $9.27 $19,280
Fayetteville, NC 200 Not available Not available
Racine, WI 200 $11.58 $24,090
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 190 $12.00 $24,950
Mobile, AL 190 Not available Not available
Manchester, NH 190 $11.87 $24,700
Yuma, AZ 180 $9.37 $19,480
Reno-Sparks, NV 180 $12.91 $26,840
Jefferson City, MO 180 $11.43 $23,770
Logan, UT-ID 180 $11.72 $24,370
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 180 $12.66 $26,320
Madera, CA 180 $12.61 $26,230
Bangor, ME 180 $13.10 $27,250
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division 180 $11.60 $24,130
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 170 $7.92 $16,470
Lynchburg, VA 170 $12.83 $26,690
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 170 $11.94 $24,840
Ponce, PR 160 $8.32 $17,300
Grand Forks, ND-MN 160 $12.28 $25,530
Ann Arbor, MI 160 Not available Not available
Lafayette, IN 160 $14.08 $29,280
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR 160 $12.65 $26,320
Williamsport, PA 160 $15.70 $32,660
Columbus, GA-AL 160 $11.63 $24,180
Ocala, FL 160 $11.05 $22,990
Ames, IA 150 $12.39 $25,780
Sherman-Denison, TX 150 $9.97 $20,730
Wausau, WI 150 $12.28 $25,540
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 150 $9.09 $18,920
Longview, TX 150 $10.60 $22,050
Athens-Clarke County, GA 150 $10.93 $22,730
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 150 $13.92 $28,950
Albuquerque, NM 150 $10.63 $22,110
Elmira, NY 140 $21.65 $45,030
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 140 $11.13 $23,150
Lima, OH 140 $9.08 $18,880
Hattiesburg, MS 130 $11.09 $23,060
Colorado Springs, CO 130 $14.29 $29,730
Corvallis, OR 130 $12.22 $25,420
New Bedford, MA 130 $13.56 $28,200
Flint, MI 130 $10.93 $22,740
Binghamton, NY 130 $16.67 $34,680
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 120 $12.30 $25,580
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 120 $11.66 $24,250
Billings, MT 120 $12.81 $26,640
Danville, VA 120 $16.22 $33,730
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 120 $14.09 $29,300
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 110 $11.81 $24,570
Danbury, CT 110 $12.50 $25,990
Wenatchee, WA 110 $12.28 $25,550
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 110 $11.66 $24,260
Tyler, TX 110 $10.04 $20,890
Anniston-Oxford, AL 110 $12.07 $25,110
Chico, CA 110 $9.86 $20,520
Anderson, SC 110 $10.67 $22,190
Bend, OR 100 $12.19 $25,350
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, PR 100 $6.96 $14,470
Redding, CA 100 $13.80 $28,700
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 100 $14.80 $30,780
Anchorage, AK 100 $11.16 $23,210
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 100 $11.50 $23,930
Tuscaloosa, AL 100 $13.56 $28,210
Laredo, TX 100 $7.52 $15,650
Macon, GA 100 $11.77 $24,490
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 90 $11.85 $24,640
Abilene, TX 90 $8.85 $18,410
Lake Charles, LA 90 Not available Not available
Waterbury, CT 90 $11.56 $24,040
Rapid City, SD 90 $10.38 $21,590
Gainesville, FL 80 $13.17 $27,400
Atlantic City, NJ 80 $11.65 $24,230
Kokomo, IN 80 $9.38 $19,520
Alexandria, LA 80 Not available Not available
Duluth, MN-WI 80 $15.22 $31,650
Idaho Falls, ID 80 $12.70 $26,410
Clarksville, TN-KY 80 $14.16 $29,450
San German-Cabo Rojo, PR 70 $9.84 $20,460
Charleston, WV 70 $14.11 $29,350
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 70 $17.55 $36,510
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 70 $10.75 $22,370
Monroe, LA 70 $10.19 $21,190
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 60 $8.71 $18,130
Brunswick, GA 60 $10.07 $20,940
Bloomington-Normal, IL 60 $10.13 $21,070
Goldsboro, NC 50 $10.08 $20,970
El Centro, CA 50 $11.40 $23,710
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 40 $11.70 $24,340
State College, PA 40 $11.36 $23,620
Elizabethtown, KY 40 $10.26 $21,350
Corpus Christi, TX 40 $9.43 $19,610
Wheeling, WV-OH 40 $17.75 $36,910
Carson City, NV 30 $11.73 $24,400
Longview, WA Not available $10.07 $20,950
Appleton, WI Not available $14.68 $30,530
Lafayette, LA Not available $10.31 $21,450
Grand Junction, CO Not available $15.04 $31,280
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Not available $13.84 $28,790
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Not available $13.73 $28,570
Chattanooga, TN-GA Not available $13.39 $27,850
College Station-Bryan, TX Not available $11.85 $24,640
Gadsden, AL Not available $9.54 $19,840
Jackson, TN Not available $10.04 $20,870
Springfield, MO Not available $14.27 $29,680
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division Not available $9.91 $20,620
Danville, IL Not available $14.64 $30,450
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division Not available $11.66 $24,250
Decatur, IL Not available $17.04 $35,450
Springfield, IL Not available $10.02 $20,840
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Not available $11.96 $24,880
Cumberland, MD-WV Not available $14.20 $29,540
Bay City, MI Not available $15.02 $31,240
Rocky Mount, NC Not available $9.36 $19,470
Bloomington, IN Not available $12.52 $26,030
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Not available $11.66 $24,240
Portsmouth, NH-ME Not available $13.05 $27,140
Medford, OR Not available $10.90 $22,670
Mayaguez, PR Not available $7.53 $15,660
Victoria, TX Not available $10.22 $21,260
Lansing-East Lansing, MI Not available $11.02 $22,930
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Not available $12.39 $25,770
Sandusky, OH Not available $17.24 $35,860
Merced, CA Not available $12.67 $26,350
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Not available $11.01 $22,900
Lubbock, TX Not available $9.69 $20,160
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL Not available $20.70 $43,050
Jonesboro, AR Not available $11.80 $24,540
Norwich-New London, CT-RI Not available $11.73 $24,400
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