# Packers and Packagers, Hand

> Pack or package by hand a wide variety of products and materials.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/packers-and-packagers-hand
- SOC code: 53-7064.00
- Career family: Transportation
- Median annual pay: $36,280 (10th percentile $27,890, 90th percentile $47,100)
- Projected growth: Decline, -5.0%
- Openings a year: 61,800
- Typical entry education: No formal credential
- Bright outlook: no
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

## Interest profile (code RCE)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 77 |
| Investigative (I) | 6 |
| Artistic (A) | 8 |
| Social (S) | 6 |
| Enterprising (E) | 21 |
| Conventional (C) | 74 |

## What you'd do

- Getting Information (importance 91/100)
- Handling and Moving Objects (importance 83/100)
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials (importance 82/100)
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events (importance 80/100)
- Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings (importance 80/100)
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems (importance 67/100)
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates (importance 66/100)
- Training and Teaching Others (importance 65/100)
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships (importance 63/100)
- Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information (importance 63/100)

## Skills

Monitoring, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Coordination, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Judgment and Decision Making, Quality Control Analysis, Time Management, Active Learning

## Knowledge

Production and Processing, Customer and Personal Service, English Language, Administrative, Mathematics, Public Safety and Security, Mechanical, Computers and Electronics, Chemistry, Transportation

## Also called

Agricultural Produce Packer, Ampoule Sealer, Apple Packing Header, Bag Filler, Bag Loader, Bag Sealer, Bagger, Band Shover, Bandoleer Packer, Barrel Filler

## Related careers

- [Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/packaging-and-filling-machine-operators-and-tenders): $43,220 median pay
- [Machine Feeders and Offbearers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/machine-feeders-and-offbearers): $41,220 median pay
- [Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/graders-and-sorters-agricultural-products): $35,730 median pay
- [Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/adhesive-bonding-machine-operators-and-tenders): $46,460 median pay
- [Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/cutting-and-slicing-machine-setters-operators-and-tenders): $46,570 median pay
- [Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/laborers-and-freight-stock-and-material-movers-hand): $40,240 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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