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Last updated: October 31, 2024
Automatic Pad Making Machine Operator Salary
in Elkhart, Indiana
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$36,803 (USD)
Average Salary
$18/hr
Average Hourly
$545
Average Bonus
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The average pay for an Automatic Pad Making Machine Operator is $36,803 a year and $18 an hour in Elkhart, Indiana, United States. The average salary range for an Automatic Pad Making Machine Operator is between $27,713 and $43,133. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Elkhart, Indiana.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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Estimated salary in 2029:
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About Elkhart, Indiana
Elkhart Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Elkhart ( EL-kart) is a city in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. The city is located 15 miles (24 km) east of South Bend, Indiana. Elkhart has the larger population of the two principal cities of the Elkhart-Goshen Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in turn is part of the South Bend-Elkhart-Mishawaka Combined Statistical Area, in a region commonly known as Michiana. The population was 53,923 at the 2020 census. Despite the shared name and being the most populous city in the county, it is not the county seat of Elkhart County; that position is held by the city of Goshen, located about 10 miles (16 km) southeast...
Job Summary
Description:
- Sets up and operates battery of machines to produce quilted and laminated padding from batting: places rolls of batting and burlap base in feed holders of machine.
- Aligns and threads ends of material through machine.
- Turns handwheels to heat calender roll.
- Threads needles of quilting machine that binds batting to base to form padding.
- Turns air valve that activates stationary spray gun to spray binder to surface of padding.
- Aligns end of second roll of batting to sprayed surface under pressure roll to form laminated padding.
- Turns handwheels to position circular knives that trim padding to specified width.
- Turns knobs to adjust electric eye controlled mechanism which automatically cuts padding to specified length, drops on layer of gauze, and cuts and laps gauze over pads.
- Starts spray gun that sizes pad to hold covering in place.
- Turns knobs to synchronize speed of machine and starts machine.
- Replaces broken needles.
- Fills tanks with specified size.
- Places rolls of narrow reinforcing batting in holder and guides under needles when specified.
- Sews together burlap and gauze, and laps together batting to form continuous roll.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for an Automatic Pad Making Machine Operator is $36,803 a year and $18 an hour in Elkhart, Indiana, United States. The average salary range for an Automatic Pad Making Machine Operator is between $27,713 and $43,133. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Elkhart, Indiana.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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Automatic Pad Making Machine Operator Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Job family population: 15,980
Estimated population of Automatic Pad Making Machine Operator jobs: 1,691
Rate of error: 2.7%
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About Elkhart, Indiana
Elkhart Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Elkhart ( EL-kart) is a city in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. The city is located 15 miles (24 km) east of South Bend, Indiana. Elkhart has the larger population of the two principal cities of the Elkhart-Goshen Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in turn is part of the South Bend-Elkhart-Mishawaka Combined Statistical Area, in a region commonly known as Michiana. The population was 53,923 at the 2020 census. Despite the shared name and being the most populous city in the county, it is not the county seat of Elkhart County; that position is held by the city of Goshen, located about 10 miles (16 km) southeast...
Job Summary
Description:
- Sets up and operates battery of machines to produce quilted and laminated padding from batting: places rolls of batting and burlap base in feed holders of machine.
- Aligns and threads ends of material through machine.
- Turns handwheels to heat calender roll.
- Threads needles of quilting machine that binds batting to base to form padding.
- Turns air valve that activates stationary spray gun to spray binder to surface of padding.
- Aligns end of second roll of batting to sprayed surface under pressure roll to form laminated padding.
- Turns handwheels to position circular knives that trim padding to specified width.
- Turns knobs to adjust electric eye controlled mechanism which automatically cuts padding to specified length, drops on layer of gauze, and cuts and laps gauze over pads.
- Starts spray gun that sizes pad to hold covering in place.
- Turns knobs to synchronize speed of machine and starts machine.
- Replaces broken needles.
- Fills tanks with specified size.
- Places rolls of narrow reinforcing batting in holder and guides under needles when specified.
- Sews together burlap and gauze, and laps together batting to form continuous roll.
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