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Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$38,180

United States, 2025

Employment

5,310

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

O*NET code
51-6061.00
Job zone
2
Experience required
None

Typical tasks

  • Inspect machinery to determine necessary adjustments and repairs.
  • Adjust equipment controls to maintain specified heat, tension, and speed.
  • Soak specified textile products for designated times.
  • Weigh ingredients, such as dye, to be mixed together for use in textile processing.
  • Start and control machines and equipment to wash, bleach, dye, or otherwise process and finish fabric, yarn, thread, or other textile goods.
  • Observe display screens, control panels, equipment, and cloth entering or exiting processes to determine if equipment is operating correctly.
  • Notify supervisors or mechanics of equipment malfunctions.
  • Monitor factors such as temperatures and dye flow rates to ensure that they are within specified ranges.

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Salary analysis — United States

$30,300
10th
$35,680
25th
$38,180
Median
$45,280
75th
$48,100
90th

10th percentile

$30,300

25th percentile

$35,680

75th percentile

$45,280

90th percentile

$48,100

Most important skills

  • Operations Monitoring3.8
  • Operation and Control3.4
  • Active Listening3.0
  • Time Management3.0
  • Monitoring3.0
  • Judgment and Decision Making2.9
  • Quality Control Analysis2.9
  • Critical Thinking2.9
  • Speaking2.9
  • Reading Comprehension2.9
  • Coordination2.8
  • Social Perceptiveness2.6

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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 5 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

5

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

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Operations Monitoring3.83.8Not selected3.8
Operation and Control3.43.3Not selected3.3
Active Listening3.02.9Not selected2.9
Monitoring3.02.8Not selected2.8
Time Management3.02.4Not selected2.4

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
Greenville, SC$46,2102502025
RI$45,9302102025
Providence, RI$45,9302502025
Philadelphia, PA$45,680802025
Spartanburg, SC$45,290702025
Atlanta, GA$45,1001202025
Dalton, GA$44,9401502025
MI$44,720602025
MS$43,640802025
GA$41,9604902025
Greensboro, NC$39,6002302025
SC$39,4107702025
NY$39,0301202025
New York, NY$39,0301702025
Hickory, NC$38,9901202025
PA$38,4202502025
Charlotte, NC$37,9602002025
NC$37,6109802025
TN$37,4102702025
Winston, NC$37,010702025
All locations with published data

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

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.