As of June 2026, Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders has an AI-exposure score of 52/100 (Elevated exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
More exposed than 38% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$43,220. About 45,300 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).
Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.
How you compare to similar Production roles
Your tasks, by AI exposure
- Count and record finished and rejected packaged items.
- Stock and sort product for packaging or filling machine operation, and replenish packaging supplies, such as wrapping paper, plastic sheet, boxes, cartons, glue, ink, or labels.
- Attach identification labels to finished packaged items, or cut stencils and stencil information on containers, such as lot numbers or shipping destinations.
- Monitor the production line, watching for problems such as pile-ups, jams, or glue that isn't sticking properly.
- Clean, oil, and make minor adjustments or repairs to machinery and equipment, such as opening valves or setting guides.
- Regulate machine flow, speed, or temperature.
- Sort, grade, weigh, and inspect products, verifying and adjusting product weight or measurement to meet specifications.
- Supply materials to spindles, conveyors, hoppers, or other feeding devices and unload packaged product.
- Stack finished packaged items, or wrap protective material around each item, and pack the items in cartons or containers.
- Observe machine operations to ensure quality and conformity of filled or packaged products to standards.
- Start machine by engaging controls.
- Tend or operate machine that packages product.
- Remove finished packaged items from machine and separate rejected items.
- Adjust machine components and machine tension and pressure according to size or processing angle of product.
- Package the product in the form in which it will be sent out, for example, filling bags with flour from a chute or spout.
- Clean packaging containers, line and pad crates, or assemble cartons to prepare for product packing.
- Clean and remove damaged or otherwise inferior materials to prepare raw products for processing.
- Stop or reset machines when malfunctions occur, clear machine jams, and report malfunctions to a supervisor.
- Secure finished packaged items by hand tying, sewing, gluing, stapling, or attaching fastener.
- Inspect and remove defective products and packaging material.
No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as augmentable (90%).
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Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders — median pay by US state (BLS OEWS, USD)
Median annual wage, in USD. US national: US$43,220. More states are being added.