Jobs Similar to Machine Feeders and Offbearers
The careers below use the most similar skills, knowledge and work activities to machine feeders and offbearers, according to O*NET 31.0. The closest are Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers and Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic.
Machine Feeders and Offbearers: $41,220 median pay · usual preparation: High school.
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
The 20 most similar careers
- 1Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
83% similar · $50,270 (+22%) · High school
- 2Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
82% similar · $46,350 (+12%) · High school
- 3Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
81% similar · $46,170 (+12%) · High school
- 4Pourers and Casters, Metal
81% similar · $51,810 (+26%) · High school
- 5Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
81% similar · $48,540 (+18%) · High school
- 6Sewing Machine Operators
81% similar · $36,670 (−11%) · High school
- 7Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
81% similar · $48,040 (+17%) · High school
- 8Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
80% similar · $43,220 (+5%) · High school
- 9Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
80% similar · $38,670 (−6%) · High school
- 10Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
80% similar · $46,460 (+13%) · High school
- 11Helpers--Production Workers
80% similar · $39,070 (−5%) · High school
- 12Tire Builders
80% similar · $57,390 (+39%) · High school
- 13Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
80% similar · $39,530 (−4%) · High school
- 14Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
80% similar · $46,330 (+12%) · High school
- 15Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
80% similar · $38,180 (−7%) · High school
- 16Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
80% similar · $52,800 (+28%) · High school
- 17Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
80% similar · $54,430 (+32%) · High school
- 18Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
79% similar · $96,710 (+135%) · High school
- 19Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
79% similar · $46,570 (+13%) · High school
- 20Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
79% similar · $61,770 (+50%) · High school · Same group
Similarity: weighted correlation of O*NET 31.0 transferable skills (35%), knowledge (25%), work activities (15%) and interests (15%). Pay and schooling do not change it. Pay change compares BLS May 2025 national medians; careers with only a broader BLS group wage are not compared. “Same group”: the same BLS occupation group (SOC minor group). Methodology
Similar jobs that pay more
Only careers that usually need no more preparation than machine feeders and offbearers.
- Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers79% similar · $96,710 (+135%)
- Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers79% similar · $61,770 (+50%)
- Tire Builders80% similar · $57,390 (+39%)
- Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders80% similar · $54,430 (+32%)
- Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic80% similar · $52,800 (+28%)
- Pourers and Casters, Metal81% similar · $51,810 (+26%)
Thinking of a career change?
Similar is not the same as a good next step. Our career-change list for machine feeders and offbearers also weighs pay drops and extra schooling, and puts jobs outside the field first.
Jobs that can lead here
Careers where machine feeders and offbearers is one of the best career-change matches (match score in brackets).
- Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders (90)
- Helpers--Production Workers (90)
- Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders (90)
- Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders (90)
- Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (90)
- Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (88)
- Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (88)
- Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic (88)
- Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (88)
- Sewing Machine Operators (88)
Questions about jobs like machine feeders and offbearers
What jobs are most similar to machine feeders and offbearers?
By O*NET 31.0 data, the closest are Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (83% similar), Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers (82% similar), Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic (81% similar), Pourers and Casters (81% similar) and Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (81% similar).
Which jobs like machine feeders and offbearers pay more?
Among the 20 most similar careers, Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers ($96,710, +135%; usually a high school diploma), Pump Operators ($61,770, +50%; usually a high school diploma) and Tire Builders ($57,390, +39%; usually a high school diploma) have the highest BLS median pay compared with machine feeders and offbearers ($41,220). Without more preparation than machine feeders and offbearers usually need: Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers, Pump Operators and Tire Builders.
How is the similarity percentage worked out?
We compare how important each transferable skill, knowledge area, work activity and interest area is in both jobs (O*NET 31.0 ratings) with a weighted correlation. 100% would mean the same profile. Unlike our career-change matches, pay and extra schooling do not lower the similarity on this page.