Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2003

51-6061 Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders

Operate or tend machines to bleach, shrink, wash, dye, or finish textiles or synthetic or glass fibers.

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)
24,280 4.5 % $10.56 $21,960 1.1 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median)
75% 90%
Hourly Wage $7.11 $8.56 $10.30 $12.19 $13.95
Annual Wage (2) $14,800 $17,810 $21,410 $25,350 $29,010

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Employment rank Wage rank
Textile and fabric finishing mills 10,380 $10.77 $22,400 1 8
Fabric mills 5,440 $10.93 $22,730 2 7
Apparel knitting mills 1,810 $10.25 $21,320 3 10
Textile furnishings mills 1,560 $10.95 $22,770 4 6
Employment services 1,530 $7.88 $16,380 5 13

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Employment rank Wage rank
Management of companies and enterprises 30 $14.72 $30,610 10 1
Other textile product mills 250 $11.37 $23,640 7 2
Apparel and piece goods merchant wholesalers 30 $11.32 $23,540 11 3
Fiber, yarn, and thread mills 810 $11.15 $23,190 6 4
Leather and hide tanning and finishing 130 $11.02 $22,920 8 5

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 Wage rank within State
South Carolina 3,000 $11.53 $23,980 0.170% 493
North Carolina 5,800 $10.48 $21,800 0.156% 610
Rhode Island 640 $12.27 $25,520 0.135% 434
Georgia 3,010 $10.24 $21,300 0.080% 615
Alabama 1,070 $10.30 $21,420 0.059% 565

Top paying States for this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of State employment Wage rank within State
Michigan (6) $18.51 $38,510 (6) 330
New Jersey 940 $13.56 $28,210 0.024% 539
Wisconsin 240 $13.04 $27,130 0.009% 524
Massachusetts 780 $12.85 $26,730 0.025% 573
Rhode Island 640 $12.27 $25,520 0.135% 434

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
Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC MSA 660 $10.16 $21,130 0.404%
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC MSA 1,160 $12.22 $25,410 0.252%
Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA 480 $10.31 $21,450 0.220%
Greensboro—Winston-Salem—High Point, NC MS 1,110 $10.85 $22,560 0.176%
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 860 $12.36 $25,710 0.165%

Top paying Metropolitan areas for this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of MSA employment
Bergen-Passaic, NJ PMSA 470 $17.12 $35,600 0.074%
Worcester, MA-CT PMSA 60 $12.61 $26,220 0.026%
Jersey City, NJ PMSA 200 $12.42 $25,820 0.083%
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 860 $12.36 $25,710 0.165%
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC MSA 1,160 $12.22 $25,410 0.252%

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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.

(6) Estimates not released.

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Last Modified Date: May 7, 2004