Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2004

53-7063 Machine Feeders and Offbearers

Feed materials into or remove materials from machines or equipment that is automatic or tended by other workers.

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
State profile for this occupation
Metropolitan area profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1) Employment
RSE (3)
Mean hourly
wage
Mean annual
wage (2)
Wage RSE (3)
149,500 2.3 % $11.31 $23,530 0.5 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median)
75% 90%
Hourly Wage $7.39 $8.72 $10.68 $13.32 $16.41
Annual Wage (2) $15,380 $18,140 $22,210 $27,710 $34,130

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage
Printing and related support activities 13,990 $11.74 $24,410
Newspaper, book, and directory publishers 12,150 $9.68 $20,130
Converted paper product manufacturing 11,120 $12.24 $25,460
Other wood product manufacturing 8,990 $9.93 $20,650
Plastics product manufacturing 7,920 $10.98 $22,830

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage
Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy mfg. 1,160 $16.35 $34,010
Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills 2,410 $15.47 $32,170
Coal mining 50 $15.46 $32,150
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying 210 $15.04 $31,280
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing 140 $14.65 $30,470

State profile for this occupation: Top

States with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of State employment
Arkansas 4,630 $11.80 $24,540 0.411%
Oregon 6,050 $11.59 $24,110 0.389%
Kentucky 5,270 $11.17 $23,240 0.305%
South Carolina 4,730 $11.34 $23,580 0.267%
Indiana 7,450 $11.77 $24,490 0.260%

Top paying States for this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of State employment
Delaware 130 $14.15 $29,440 0.032%
Minnesota 2,470 $13.15 $27,360 0.095%
Kansas 1,860 $12.73 $26,480 0.143%
Pennsylvania 6,430 $12.49 $25,990 0.117%
Hawaii 270 $12.26 $25,500 0.048%

Metropolitan area profile for this occupation: Top

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of MSA employment
Medford-Ashland, OR MSA 520 $11.71 $24,350 0.689%
Eugene-Springfield, OR MSA 870 $13.05 $27,140 0.614%
Florence, SC MSA 370 $10.39 $21,610 0.582%
Sumter, SC MSA 210 $11.26 $23,420 0.580%
Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC MSA 900 $9.83 $20,450 0.559%

Top paying Metropolitan areas for this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of MSA employment
Flint, MI PMSA 220 $16.49 $34,300 0.140%
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA 490 $15.71 $32,680 0.092%
Reading, PA MSA 230 $15.62 $32,490 0.143%
Birmingham, AL MSA 730 $15.22 $31,650 0.161%
Wilmington-Newark, DE-MD PMSA (7) $15.14 $31,500 (7)

About May 2004 National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in every State and the District of Columbia. The top five employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable Excel files(XLS).

Percentile wage estimates show the percentage of workers in an occupation that earn less than a given wage and the percentage that earn more. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.


(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

(7) Estimates not released.

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Last Modified Date: June 02, 2005