Also called: Photographic Process Workers
Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators build operations monitoring, quality control analysis and service orientation 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 Office Machine Operators, Except Computer (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 | Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 83% | $40,960 | +1% | None |
| 2 | Printing Press Operators | 79% | $45,780 | +13% | None |
| 3 | Prepress Technicians and Workers | 78% | $48,690 | +20% | Certificate or associate |
| 4 | Motion Picture Projectionists | 76% | $38,270 | −6% | None |
| 5 | Print Binding and Finishing Workers | 74% | $42,290 | +4% | None |
| 6 | Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers | 68% | $52,720 | +30% | Certificate or associate |
| 7 | Sound Engineering Technicians | 68% | $73,130 | +80% | Certificate or associate |
| 8 | Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders | 66% | $38,180 | −6% | None |
| 9 | Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 66% | $39,530 | −3% | None |
| 10 | Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers | 64% | $46,350 | +14% | None |
Compared with Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators, median $40,610. 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 photographic process workers and processing machine operators (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
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A concrete first step, the skills to add, and the hard parts of each job, from O*NET 31.0 education, training and work context data.
83% skill match · $40,960 · +1% pay
Management of Personnel Resources
79% skill match · $45,780 · +13% pay
Repairing · Quality Control Analysis · Equipment Maintenance
78% skill match · $48,690 · +20% pay
Operations Analysis · Coordination
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Office Machine Operators, Except Computer (83% skill match, median $40,960), Printing Press Operators (79% skill match, median $45,780) and Prepress Technicians and Workers (78% skill match, median $48,690), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 16 pay more than photographic process workers and processing machine operators at the median. The biggest increases: Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers (+138%, $96,710), Gas Plant Operators (+116%, $87,820) and Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators (+90%, $77,320).
22 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.