Office Machine Operators build operation and control, operations monitoring and time management skills that carry over to other work. Below are 25 careers ranked by how closely their skills match, with pay from BLS May 2025. The closest match is Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators (83%).
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
Sorted by skill match.
| # | Career | Skill match | Median pay | Pay change | Extra education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators | 83% | $40,610 | −1% | None |
| 2 | Print Binding and Finishing Workers | 81% | $42,290 | +3% | None |
| 3 | Printing Press Operators | 80% | $45,780 | +12% | None |
| 4 | Prepress Technicians and Workers | 78% | $48,690 | +19% | Certificate or associate |
| 5 | Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 77% | $58,470 | +43% | None |
| 6 | Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 76% | $50,270 | +23% | None |
| 7 | Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians | 74% | $39,460 | −4% | None |
| 8 | Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders | 72% | $46,460 | +13% | None |
| 9 | Motion Picture Projectionists | 72% | $38,270 | −7% | None |
| 10 | Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers | 71% | $47,450 | +16% | None |
Compared with Office Machine Operators, Except Computer, median $40,960. Skill match is our estimate (0–99) from O*NET 31.0 skills, knowledge, work activities and interests, adjusted for preparation and big pay drops. Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025, national median.
How important each skill is in work as office machine operators (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
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83% skill match · $40,610 · −1% pay
Instructing · Persuasion · Programming
81% skill match · $42,290 · +3% pay
Installation · Instructing · Systems Evaluation
80% skill match · $45,780 · +12% pay
Quality Control Analysis · Operations Monitoring · Repairing
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators (83% skill match, median $40,610), Print Binding and Finishing Workers (81% skill match, median $42,290) and Printing Press Operators (80% skill match, median $45,780), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 18 pay more than office machine operators at the median. The biggest increases: Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers (+136%, $96,710), Gas Plant Operators (+114%, $87,820) and Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators (+43%, $58,470).
24 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones.
We compare the importance of skills, knowledge, work activities and interests in O*NET 31.0 for your job and every other career, then adjust for extra preparation and big pay drops. The full method is on our Methodology page.