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Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$46,460
United States, 2025
Employment
11,500
United States, 2025
Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Job Zone 2
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Operate or tend bonding machines that use adhesives to join items for further processing or to form a completed product. Processes include joining veneer sheets into plywood; gluing paper; or joining rubber and rubberized fabric parts, plastic, simulated leather, or other materials.
- O*NET code
- 51-9191.00
- Job zone
- 2
- Experience required
- None
Typical tasks
- Monitor machine operations to detect malfunctions and report or resolve problems.
- Align and position materials being joined to ensure accurate application of adhesive or heat sealing.
- Adjust machine components according to specifications such as widths, lengths, and thickness of materials and amounts of glue, cement, or adhesive required.
- Start machines, and turn valves or move controls to feed, admit, apply, or transfer materials and adhesives, and to adjust temperature, pressure, and time settings.
- Fill machines with glue, cement, or adhesives.
- Perform test production runs and make adjustments as necessary to ensure that completed products meet standards and specifications.
- Examine and measure completed materials or products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices such as tape measures, gauges, or calipers.
- Read work orders and communicate with coworkers to determine machine and equipment settings and adjustments and supply and product specifications.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$31,460
25th percentile
$37,220
75th percentile
$53,610
90th percentile
$60,810
Most important skills
- Operation and Control3.9
- Operations Monitoring3.8
- Active Listening3.1
- Monitoring3.1
- Speaking3.1
- Quality Control Analysis3.1
- Troubleshooting3.0
- Reading Comprehension3.0
- Coordination3.0
- Time Management3.0
- Repairing3.0
- Equipment Maintenance2.9
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.
Skill coverage
0%
0 of 11 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
11
Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.
Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operations Monitoring | 3.8 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Operation and Control | 3.9 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Quality Control Analysis | 3.1 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Monitoring | 3.1 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Troubleshooting | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Coordination | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Time Management | 3.0 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
| Repairing | 3.0 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
| Active Listening | 3.1 | 2.8 | Not selected | 2.8 |
| Speaking | 3.1 | 2.6 | Not selected | 2.6 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.0 | 2.5 | Not selected | 2.5 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and TendersHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle, WA | $100,830 | 250 | 2025 |
| UT | $65,500 | 100 | 2025 |
| Little Rock, AR | $61,400 | 60 | 2025 |
| Minneapolis, MN | $60,290 | 100 | 2025 |
| OK | $59,980 | 390 | 2025 |
| NJ | $59,170 | — | 2025 |
| ID | $57,670 | 140 | 2025 |
| Philadelphia, PA | $57,400 | 90 | 2025 |
| WA | $56,580 | 320 | 2025 |
| MN | $56,540 | 120 | 2025 |
| Gettysburg, PA | $56,240 | 50 | 2025 |
| Medford, OR | $54,850 | 170 | 2025 |
| Oshkosh, WI | $54,840 | 70 | 2025 |
| PA | $53,320 | 500 | 2025 |
| KY | $52,140 | 110 | 2025 |
| Green Bay, WI | $52,000 | 40 | 2025 |
| Washington, DC | $51,560 | 50 | 2025 |
| Dallas, TX | $51,540 | 460 | 2025 |
| Denver, CO | $51,410 | 120 | 2025 |
| Boise City, ID | $51,190 | 70 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).
Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.