Office Machine Operators, Except Computer Career, Salary and Skills
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $40,960 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 25,130. Wage data is published for 143 locations.
Occupation description
Operate one or more of a variety of office machines, such as photocopying, photographic, and duplicating machines, or other office machines.
O*NET code
43-9071.00
Job zone
2
Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Experience
None
National salary and employment
Median annual
$40,960
Hourly median
$19.69
Employment
25,130
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Operation and Control | 3.25 | 2.62 |
| Operations Monitoring | 3.12 | 2.88 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.12 | 2.88 |
| Active Listening | 3.00 | 2.88 |
| Speaking | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.00 | 2.62 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.00 | 2.50 |
| Time Management | 3.00 | 2.62 |
| Monitoring | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Writing | 2.88 | 2.75 |
Typical tasks
- Maintain stock of supplies, and requisition any needed items.
- Prepare and process papers for use in scanning, microfilming, and microfiche.
- Read job orders to determine the type of work to be done, the quantities to be produced, and the materials needed.
- Deliver completed work.
- Place original copies in feed trays, feed originals into feed rolls, or position originals on tables beneath camera lenses.
- Sort, assemble, and proof completed work.
- Operate office machines such as high speed business photocopiers, readers, scanners, addressing machines, stencil-cutting machines, microfilm readers or printers, folding and inserting machines, bursters, and binder machines.
- Clean and file master copies or plates.
Technology
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- Eko
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Publisher
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Word
- Multi-line optical character reader OCR software
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Office Machine Operators, Except Computer Salary in NYMedian $45,740 · Employment 3,780
- Office Machine Operators, Except Computer Salary in New York, NYMedian $45,750 · Employment 3,630
- Office Machine Operators, Except Computer Salary in CAMedian $47,150 · Employment 2,320
- Office Machine Operators, Except Computer Salary in NJMedian $39,360 · Employment 1,570
- Office Machine Operators, Except Computer Salary in TXMedian $37,060 · Employment 1,550
- Office Machine Operators, Except Computer Salary in PAMedian $36,720 · Employment 1,230
- Office Machine Operators, Except Computer Salary in ILMedian $44,360 · Employment 1,150
- Office Machine Operators, Except Computer Salary in GAMedian $36,730 · Employment 1,020
- Office Machine Operators, Except Computer Salary in NCMedian $44,480 · Employment 930
- Office Machine Operators, Except Computer Salary in MOMedian $37,760 · Employment 880
- Office Machine Operators, Except Computer Salary in Chicago, ILMedian $44,370 · Employment 850
- Office Machine Operators, Except Computer Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $48,310 · Employment 850
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.