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Center Machine Operator Salary
in Littleton, Massachusetts

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$34,524 (USD)

Average Salary

$17/hr

Average Hourly

$387

Average Bonus

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Salary Recap

The average pay for a Center Machine Operator is $34,524 a year and $17 an hour in Littleton, Massachusetts, United States. The average salary range for a Center Machine Operator is between $26,859 and $39,495. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Littleton, Massachusetts.

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Estimated salary in 2029:
$38,779
5 Year Change:
12 %

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About Littleton, Massachusetts

Littleton Cost of Living Score:

Description: Littleton (historically Nashoba) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 10,141 at the 2020 census. For geographic and demographic information on the neighborhood of Littleton Common, please see the article Littleton Common, Massachusetts.
Description:
  • Operates and prepares machine that extrudes soft candy, such as fondant, to form centers of specified size and shape for bonbons and chocolates.
  • Inserts die plate in machine and tightens thumbscrews to secure plate.
  • Examines and feels candy for specified consistency.
  • Dumps candy into machine hopper.
  • Starts machine that automatically feeds candy through openings in die plate and cuts off and deposits formed pieces on conveyor, or moves control to force candy through openings in die plate and moves wires that cut extruded candy to specified thickness.
  • Weighs formed pieces at random to determine adherence to specifications.
  • Adjusts wire or knife that cuts extruded candy to specified dimensions.
  • When making cream centers to be coated with chocolate, may synchronize speed of center machine with enrobing machine.
  • May be designated by product formed.

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Salary Recap

The average pay for a Center Machine Operator is $34,524 a year and $17 an hour in Littleton, Massachusetts, United States. The average salary range for a Center Machine Operator is between $26,859 and $39,495. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Littleton, Massachusetts.

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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Job Statistics

Center Machine Operator Job Prevalence in the United States

Job family: Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Job family population: 57,080

Estimated population of Center Machine Operator jobs: 4,050

Rate of error: 1.8%

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Littleton Cost of Living Score:

Description: Littleton (historically Nashoba) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 10,141 at the 2020 census. For geographic and demographic information on the neighborhood of Littleton Common, please see the article Littleton Common, Massachusetts.
Description:
  • Operates and prepares machine that extrudes soft candy, such as fondant, to form centers of specified size and shape for bonbons and chocolates.
  • Inserts die plate in machine and tightens thumbscrews to secure plate.
  • Examines and feels candy for specified consistency.
  • Dumps candy into machine hopper.
  • Starts machine that automatically feeds candy through openings in die plate and cuts off and deposits formed pieces on conveyor, or moves control to force candy through openings in die plate and moves wires that cut extruded candy to specified thickness.
  • Weighs formed pieces at random to determine adherence to specifications.
  • Adjusts wire or knife that cuts extruded candy to specified dimensions.
  • When making cream centers to be coated with chocolate, may synchronize speed of center machine with enrobing machine.
  • May be designated by product formed.
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