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Office Machine Operators, Except Computer — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$40,960
United States, 2025
Employment
25,130
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 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
- Experience required
- None
Typical tasks
- Clean and file master copies or plates.
- 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.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$31,750
25th percentile
$36,090
75th percentile
$47,910
90th percentile
$57,960
Most important skills
- Operation and Control3.3
- Operations Monitoring3.1
- Reading Comprehension3.1
- Critical Thinking3.0
- Judgment and Decision Making3.0
- Monitoring3.0
- Time Management3.0
- Speaking3.0
- Active Listening3.0
- Writing2.9
- Social Perceptiveness2.9
- Complex Problem Solving2.9
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 9 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
9
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monitoring | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Speaking | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Operations Monitoring | 3.1 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.1 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
| Active Listening | 3.0 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
| Operation and Control | 3.3 | 2.6 | Not selected | 2.6 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.0 | 2.6 | Not selected | 2.6 |
| Time Management | 3.0 | 2.6 | Not selected | 2.6 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 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 Office Machine Operators, Except ComputerHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| AK | $56,010 | 70 | 2025 |
| San Francisco, CA | $53,810 | 210 | 2025 |
| Bridgeport, CT | $53,320 | 40 | 2025 |
| Salem, OR | $50,670 | 30 | 2025 |
| Anchorage, AK | $50,230 | 40 | 2025 |
| VT | $48,380 | 60 | 2025 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $48,310 | 850 | 2025 |
| Springfield, IL | $48,290 | 70 | 2025 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY | $48,060 | 100 | 2025 |
| Denver, CO | $47,840 | — | 2025 |
| MA | $47,470 | — | 2025 |
| Boston, MA | $47,470 | — | 2025 |
| San Diego, CA | $47,440 | 130 | 2025 |
| Sacramento, CA | $47,320 | 130 | 2025 |
| Minneapolis, MN | $47,270 | 420 | 2025 |
| CA | $47,150 | 2,320 | 2025 |
| Baltimore, MD | $47,130 | 130 | 2025 |
| Green Bay, WI | $47,130 | 40 | 2025 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | $46,900 | 40 | 2025 |
| Durham, NC | $46,880 | 40 | 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.