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Last updated: October 31, 2024
Machine Setup Operator Paper Goods Salary
in Augusta, Georgia
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$44,140 (USD)
Average Salary
$21/hr
Average Hourly
$671
Average Bonus
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Last updated: October 31, 2024
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The average pay for a Machine Setup Operator Paper Goods is $44,140 a year and $21 an hour in Augusta, Georgia, United States. The average salary range for a Machine Setup Operator Paper Goods is between $32,399 and $52,527. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for a Machine Setup Operator Paper Goods. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Augusta, Georgia.
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:
$49,581
5 Year Change:
12 %
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About Augusta, Georgia
Augusta Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Augusta ( ə-GUSS-tə) is a city on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia. The city lies directly across the Savannah River from North Augusta, South Carolina at the head of its navigable portion. Georgia's third most populous city (after Atlanta and Columbus), Augusta is located in the Fall Line section of the state.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Augusta had a 2020 population of 202,081, not counting the unconsolidated towns of Blythe and Hephzibah which fall under Augusta-Richmond County. It is the 116th most populous city in the United States and the 92nd-largest metropolitan area. The process...
Job Summary
Description:
- Sets up and adjusts machines that convert, saw, corrugate, band, wrap, box, stitch, form, or seal paper or paperboard sheets into products, such as toilet tissue, towels, napkins, bags, envelopes, tubing, cartons, wax rolls, and containers, according to specifications, by any combination of following tasks: adjusts rolls, guides, and chutes to accommodate type of paper or paperboard fed from parent rolls or flat stock from automatic feedracks, using handtools.
- Measures, spaces, and sets saw blades, cutters, and perforators, according to product specifications, using rule, thumbscrews, and wrenches.
- Installs printing attachment to machine and makes adjustment for clarity of print.
- Threads wire through stitching head and synchronizes speed for spacing stitches.
- Installs or resets cutting dies according to work orders, using handtools.
- Operates machine for test run to verify adjustments and observes functioning of machine parts, such as gauges, elevator, belts, slip clutches, oil injectors, glue feeders, and electrical devices.
- Repairs or replaces defective parts.
- May be designated according to type of machine adjusted as bag-machine set-up operator; gluing-machine adjuster; stitcher set-up operator, automatic.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Machine Setup Operator Paper Goods is $44,140 a year and $21 an hour in Augusta, Georgia, United States. The average salary range for a Machine Setup Operator Paper Goods is between $32,399 and $52,527. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for a Machine Setup Operator Paper Goods. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Augusta, Georgia.
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.
Find actuarial salary survey data and benchmark salary and pay.
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Machine Setup Operator Paper Goods Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Job family population: 96,460
Estimated population of Machine Setup Operator Paper Goods jobs: 24,366
Rate of error: 1.1%
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About Augusta, Georgia
Augusta Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Augusta ( ə-GUSS-tə) is a city on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia. The city lies directly across the Savannah River from North Augusta, South Carolina at the head of its navigable portion. Georgia's third most populous city (after Atlanta and Columbus), Augusta is located in the Fall Line section of the state.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Augusta had a 2020 population of 202,081, not counting the unconsolidated towns of Blythe and Hephzibah which fall under Augusta-Richmond County. It is the 116th most populous city in the United States and the 92nd-largest metropolitan area. The process...
Job Summary
Description:
- Sets up and adjusts machines that convert, saw, corrugate, band, wrap, box, stitch, form, or seal paper or paperboard sheets into products, such as toilet tissue, towels, napkins, bags, envelopes, tubing, cartons, wax rolls, and containers, according to specifications, by any combination of following tasks: adjusts rolls, guides, and chutes to accommodate type of paper or paperboard fed from parent rolls or flat stock from automatic feedracks, using handtools.
- Measures, spaces, and sets saw blades, cutters, and perforators, according to product specifications, using rule, thumbscrews, and wrenches.
- Installs printing attachment to machine and makes adjustment for clarity of print.
- Threads wire through stitching head and synchronizes speed for spacing stitches.
- Installs or resets cutting dies according to work orders, using handtools.
- Operates machine for test run to verify adjustments and observes functioning of machine parts, such as gauges, elevator, belts, slip clutches, oil injectors, glue feeders, and electrical devices.
- Repairs or replaces defective parts.
- May be designated according to type of machine adjusted as bag-machine set-up operator; gluing-machine adjuster; stitcher set-up operator, automatic.
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