Counted October 17, 2026 · from employers’ own postings
Machine Operator: $48K median posted pay.
From 56 salary bands employers posted on 231 open machine operator roles in manufacturing. Never an estimate.
The ladder, by level
What each rung pays.
| Level | Open roles | Median posted band | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | 6 | — (4 of 8 bands) | — |
| Junior | 3 | — (1 of 8 bands) | — |
| Senior | 2 | — (2 of 8 bands) | — |
Levels as the postings name them. A rung shows a median only where eight or more postings at that level carried a band.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open.
| Employer | Open roles | Entry level |
|---|---|---|
| Georgfischer | 24 | — |
| Cornerstone Building Brands | 18 | — |
| Jci | 13 | — |
| Bosch Group | 10 | — |
| Aliaxis | 9 | — |
| IPEX | 9 | — |
| Milwaukee | 9 | — |
| Clarios | 9 | — |
| Johnson Controls | 8 | — |
| Buckeye Corrugated, Inc. | 7 | — |
Counted from employers’ own job boards. The ten with the most open machine operator roles tonight.
The skills, as the postings name them
What these postings ask for.
| Skill | Postings | At entry |
|---|---|---|
| Precision Measurement | 63 | — |
| Machine Operation | 45 | — |
| Forklift Operation | 43 | — |
| Continuous Improvement | 41 | — |
| Packaging Operations | 37 | — |
| Housekeeping | 32 | — |
| Lean Manufacturing | 32 | — |
| Accessibility | 30 | — |
| Assembly Line Work | 26 | — |
| CNC Machining | 24 | — |
Where the work is
0% of these roles are remote.
- Remote0%0 roles
- Hybrid0%0 roles
- On site92%213 roles
- Not stated8%18 roles
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How this was counted
Every figure is counted from 231 open postings read from employers’ own job boards on October 17, 2026, and recounted every night. Pay is the band the employer posted — never an estimate, never a model — and 56 of these postings carried one. Titles are grouped by the words the postings use, with levels, shifts and schedules removed, so “Senior Machine Operator (Nights)” counts here too. 100% of roles with this title sit in manufacturing, which is why this page belongs to that career. A title gets a page only where twenty-five or more roles are open, eight or more of them posted a band, three or more employers are hiring for it and four in five of its postings sit in one career, so no page here is a guess.