Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
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Overview
Operate or tend machines to wash or clean products, such as barrels or kegs, glass items, tin plate, food, pulp, coal, plastic, or rubber, to remove impurities.
About Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
Worker concerns
Some jobs are more stressful than others, and some are just plain dangerous. The following list gives the percentages of cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders who report hazardous or difficult situations typically occurring at least once a week.
About 20 cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders become injured or ill for every 10,000 workers, making this job more dangerous than 53% of other careers.
Education attained by cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders typically hold a high school diploma or equivalent.
Some careers tend to be centered in specific parts of the country. For example, most jobs in fashion are in New York or California. Let's see if your dream job is easy to find in your dream location! We have a few choices for viewing the data that can help you get a full employment picture.
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Number of Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders per 1,000 workers (BLS)
Which states hire the most cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders? We wonder if that's a fair question since states come in all sizes, so instead let's start with the question of which states have the highest density of people working as cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders. You can choose to view the number of jobs per state if you prefer.
Salaries by state
Let's get a feel for where cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders earn the highest salaries. There are several choices for which data we consider and how we view that data, and each can lead to different conclusions, so please read on...
Median salary versus state ratio
We use two methods to compare salaries across states:
In-state comparisons: the ratio of median (middle) salaries for specialized production equipment operators and tenders compared to the median salary for all people working in each state, or
Median salary: the unaltered median salaries for specialized production equipment operators and tenders.
We hope the ratio allows perspective about how salaries may compare to the regional cost-of-living.
The darkest shading corresponds to states in which specialized production equipment operators and tenders earn the highest salary when compared to other jobs in the state. We think this figure might be a better indicator than the actual salary for your buying power as a state resident.
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Location-adjusted median salary for Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders (BLS for this specialty)