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	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	Maintenance Workers, Machinery	Printing Press Operators	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
SUMMARY	80% Imminent Risk	38% Low Risk	53% Moderate Risk	69% High Risk	74% High Risk	67% High Risk
JOB SCORE	1.9/10	5.2/10	4.0/10	1.9/10	2.7/10	2.4/10
POLLING	84% (Imminent Risk, Based on 17 votes)	54% (Moderate Risk, Based on 29 votes)	38% (Low Risk, Based on 94 votes)	69% (High Risk, Based on 76 votes)	66% (High Risk, Based on 53 votes)	75% (High Risk, Based on 61 votes)
GROWTH by year 2034	-6.3%	1.2%	-2.8%	-8.1%	0.0%	-1.8%
WAGES	$49,390 or $23.74 per hour	$71,190 or $34.22 per hour	$60,500 or $29.08 per hour	$45,160 or $21.71 per hour	$47,460 or $22.82 per hour	$57,770 or $27.77 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	96,950	685,140	56,540	145,110	591,180	385,000
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DESCRIPTION	Set up, operate, or tend paper goods machines that perform a variety of functions, such as converting, sawing, corrugating, banding, wrapping, boxing, stitching, forming, or sealing paper or paperboard sheets into products.	Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of production and operating workers, such as inspectors, precision workers, machine setters and operators, assemblers, fabricators, and plant and system operators. Excludes team or work leaders.	Lubricate machinery, change parts, or perform other routine machinery maintenance.	Set up and operate digital, letterpress, lithographic, flexographic, gravure, or other printing machines. Includes short-run offset printing presses.	Inspect, test, sort, sample, or weigh nonagricultural raw materials or processed, machined, fabricated, or assembled parts or products for defects, wear, and deviations from specifications. May use precision measuring instruments and complex test equipment.	Coordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials within or between departments of an establishment according to production schedule. Duties include reviewing and distributing production, work, and shipment schedules; conferring with department supervisors to determine progress of work and completion dates; and compiling reports on progress of work, inventory levels, costs, and production problems.

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