Jobs Similar to Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
The careers below use the most similar skills, knowledge and work activities to packaging and filling machine operators and tenders, according to O*NET 31.0. The closest are Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders and Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders.
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders: $43,220 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
- 1Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
82% similar · $48,540 (+12%) · High school · Same group
- 2Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
82% similar · $50,270 (+16%) · High school · Same group
- 3Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
82% similar · $38,180 (−12%) · High school
- 4Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
82% similar · $46,350 (+7%) · High school
- 5Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
82% similar · $46,460 (+7%) · High school · Same group
- 6Print Binding and Finishing Workers
81% similar · $42,290 (−2%) · High school
- 7Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
81% similar · $54,430 (+26%) · High school
- 8Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
81% similar · $48,040 (+11%) · High school · Same group
- 9Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
81% similar · $46,170 (+7%) · High school · Same group
- 10Machine Feeders and Offbearers
80% similar · $41,220 (−5%) · High school
- 11Recycling and Reclamation Workers
80% similar · $40,240 (broader group) · High school
- 12Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
80% similar · $43,530 (+1%) · High school · Same group
- 13Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
80% similar · $39,530 (−9%) · High school
- 14Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
80% similar · $96,710 (+124%) · High school
- 15Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
80% similar · $43,960 (+2%) · High school
- 16Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
80% similar · $46,330 (+7%) · High school
- 17Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
80% similar · $48,990 (+13%) · High school · Same group
- 18Rock Splitters, Quarry
80% similar · $48,740 (+13%) · High school
- 19Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
79% similar · $38,670 (−11%) · High school
- 20Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
79% similar · $49,030 (+13%) · High school
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 packaging and filling machine operators and tenders.
- Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers80% similar · $96,710 (+124%)
- Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders81% similar · $54,430 (+26%)
- Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders82% similar · $50,270 (+16%)
- Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders80% similar · $48,990 (+13%)
- Rock Splitters, Quarry80% similar · $48,740 (+13%)
- Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic79% similar · $49,030 (+13%)
Thinking of a career change?
Similar is not the same as a good next step. Our career-change list for packaging and filling machine operators and tenders also weighs pay drops and extra schooling, and puts jobs outside the field first.
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Jobs that can lead here
Careers where packaging and filling machine operators and tenders is one of the best career-change matches (match score in brackets).
- Recycling and Reclamation Workers (90)
- Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders (86)
- Packers and Packagers, Hand (85)
- Machine Feeders and Offbearers (84)
- Food Batchmakers (83)
- Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders (83)
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (83)
- Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers (82)
- Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders (82)
- Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products (81)
Questions about jobs like packaging and filling machine operators and tenders
What jobs are most similar to packaging and filling machine operators and tenders?
By O*NET 31.0 data, the closest are Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (82% similar), Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (82% similar), Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders (82% similar), Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers (82% similar) and Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders (82% similar).
Which jobs like packaging and filling machine operators and tenders pay more?
Among the 20 most similar careers, Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers ($96,710, +124%; usually a high school diploma), Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders ($54,430, +26%; usually a high school diploma) and Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders ($50,270, +16%; usually a high school diploma) have the highest BLS median pay compared with packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ($43,220). Without more preparation than packaging and filling machine operators and tenders usually need: Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers, Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders and Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders.
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.