Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
SOC 51-6061 · 2024-2034
Operate or tend machines to bleach, shrink, wash, dye, or finish textiles or synthetic or glass fibers.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
Shrinking -40%
California projects this job will shrink over the next ten years. Fewer openings may mean a harder search.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $37,507per year
- Projected openings
- 630
- Projected change
- -40%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Operations Monitoring
- Operation and Control
- Active Listening
- Monitoring
- Time Management
- Judgment and Decision Making
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $38,284 | 820 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders | $46,180 | 2,970 | +3.8% |
| Machine Feeders and Offbearers | $41,264 | 5,140 | -10.2% |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | $38,652 | 36,380 | +8.5% |
| Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | $54,117 | 14,400 | -4.8% |