Jobs Similar to Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
Also called: Textile Dyeing Machine Operators
The careers below use the most similar skills, knowledge and work activities to textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders, according to O*NET 31.0. The closest are Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers, Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders and Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders.
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders: $38,180 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
- 1Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
85% similar · $46,350 (+21%) · High school · Same group
- 2Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
84% similar · $46,460 (+22%) · High school
- 3Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
83% similar · $39,530 (+4%) · High school · Same group
- 4Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
83% similar · $46,570 (+22%) · High school
- 5Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
83% similar · $52,800 (+38%) · High school
- 6Tire Builders
83% similar · $57,390 (+50%) · High school
- 7Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
82% similar · $54,430 (+43%) · High school
- 8Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
82% similar · $47,720 (+25%) · High school
- 9Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
82% similar · $50,140 (+31%) · High school
- 10Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
82% similar · $49,030 (+28%) · High school
- 11Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
82% similar · $44,350 (+16%) · High school
- 12Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
82% similar · $43,220 (+13%) · High school
- 13Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
82% similar · $38,760 (+2%) · High school · Same group
- 14Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
82% similar · $38,670 (+1%) · High school · Same group
- 15Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
82% similar · $46,550 (+22%) · High school
- 16Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
82% similar · $45,760 (+20%) · High school
- 17Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
82% similar · $48,750 (+28%) · High school
- 18Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
81% similar · $53,710 (+41%) · High school
- 19Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
81% similar · $47,180 (+24%) · High school
- 20Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
81% similar · $48,250 (+26%) · 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 textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders.
- Tire Builders83% similar · $57,390 (+50%)
- Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders82% similar · $54,430 (+43%)
- Engine and Other Machine Assemblers81% similar · $53,710 (+41%)
- Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic83% similar · $52,800 (+38%)
- Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic82% similar · $50,140 (+31%)
- Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic82% similar · $49,030 (+28%)
Thinking of a career change?
Similar is not the same as a good next step. Our career-change list for textile bleaching and dyeing 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 textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders is one of the best career-change matches (match score in brackets).
- Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders (89)
- Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders (85)
- Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (84)
- Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders (83)
- Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (82)
- Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders (81)
- Food Batchmakers (80)
- Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders (80)
- Machine Feeders and Offbearers (80)
- Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (80)
Questions about jobs like textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders
What jobs are most similar to textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders?
By O*NET 31.0 data, the closest are Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers (85% similar), Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders (84% similar), Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (83% similar), Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (83% similar) and Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (83% similar).
Which jobs like textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders pay more?
Among the 20 most similar careers, Tire Builders ($57,390, +50%; usually a high school diploma), Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders ($54,430, +43%; usually a high school diploma) and Engine and Other Machine Assemblers ($53,710, +41%; usually a high school diploma) have the highest BLS median pay compared with textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders ($38,180). Without more preparation than textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders usually need: Tire Builders, Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders and Engine and Other Machine Assemblers.
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.