# Office Machine Operators, Except Computer

> Operate one or more of a variety of office machines, such as photocopying, photographic, and duplicating machines, or other office machines.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/office-machine-operators-except-computer
- SOC code: 43-9071.00
- Career family: Office and administrative support
- Median annual pay: $40,960 (10th percentile $31,750, 90th percentile $57,960)
- Projected growth: Decline, -14.9%
- Openings a year: 2,100
- Typical entry education: High school diploma
- Bright outlook: no
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

## Interest profile (code CRI)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 59 |
| Investigative (I) | 19 |
| Artistic (A) | 3 |
| Social (S) | 11 |
| Enterprising (E) | 18 |
| Conventional (C) | 93 |

## What you'd do

- Working with Computers (importance 75/100)
- Getting Information (importance 68/100)
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work (importance 64/100)
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates (importance 62/100)
- Controlling Machines and Processes (importance 60/100)
- Processing Information (importance 57/100)
- Thinking Creatively (importance 57/100)
- Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others (importance 56/100)
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge (importance 56/100)
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships (importance 56/100)

## Skills

Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making, Monitoring, Speaking, Time Management, Complex Problem Solving

## Knowledge

English Language, Customer and Personal Service, Production and Processing, Computers and Electronics, Mathematics, Administrative, Communications and Media, Mechanical, Administration and Management, Design

## Also called

Braille Coder, Braille Duplicating Machine Operator, Business Machine Operator, Check Embosser, Check Writing Machine Operator, Clerical Offset Duplicating Machine Operator, Coin Machine Operator, Coin Rolling Machine Operator, Coin Wrapping Machine Operator, Collating Machine Operator

## Related careers

- [Prepress Technicians and Workers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/prepress-technicians-and-workers): $48,690 median pay
- [Printing Press Operators](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/printing-press-operators): $45,780 median pay
- [Data Entry Keyers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/data-entry-keyers): $41,340 median pay
- [Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/photographic-process-workers-and-processing-machine-operators): $40,610 median pay
- [Print Binding and Finishing Workers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/print-binding-and-finishing-workers): $42,290 median pay
- [Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/computer-automated-teller-and-office-machine-repairers): $47,810 median pay

## Sources

- [O*NET Database](https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html), version 31.0 (CC BY 4.0)
- [BLS Employment Projections](https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables.htm), version 2025-35, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm), version 2025, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56), version 2020, data year 2020 (Public domain (U.S. government work))

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