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Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders in Montana

Want to work as a Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders in Montana? Here’s what the data says. Operate or tend machines to wash or clean products, such as barrels or kegs, glass items, tin plate, food, pulp, coal, plastic, or rubber, to remove impurities.

What do Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders Make in Montana?

For cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders working in Montana, wages run about $40,650 per year (or about $19.54/hour).Pay can range from $23,550 at the 10th percentile to $45,830 at the 90th percentile.

Wage Statistic	Annual	Hourly
10th percentile	$23,550	$11.32
25th percentile	$28,260	$13.59
Median (50th)	$40,650	$19.54
75th percentile	$45,340	$21.80
90th percentile	$45,830	$22.04

Location quotient — how concentrated this career is in Montana nationwide is 1.01.

National Wage Comparison

Nationally, cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders earn a median of $63,526 per year ($30.54/hour), lower than the Montana median.

Employment Outlook

National employment for 47,560 cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders nationwide. In Montana alone, around 50 people work in this role. That’s fewer than the typical state, which employs around 210 cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders.

Top States for Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders Employment

The table below shows the states where the most cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders work.

State	Number Employed
California	2,530
Ohio	1,150
Texas	1,050
Michigan	920
Georgia	690
Oklahoma	610
Indiana	500
Pennsylvania	480
New Jersey	470
New York	430
Missouri	400
South Carolina	360
Iowa	330
Washington	320
Florida	310
Arizona	290
Nebraska	290
Wisconsin	270
Puerto Rico	270
North Carolina	270

Highest-Paying States for Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders

Where cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders earn the most: cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders.

State	Annual Median Salary
Virginia	$55,900
Wisconsin	$51,410
New York	$50,430
Minnesota	$47,310
North Dakota	$46,760
Pennsylvania	$45,300
Louisiana	$45,270
Massachusetts	$45,050
Oregon	$43,870
California	$43,770

Skills

Key cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders skills, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Knowledge Areas

Key knowledge areas for this occupation, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Abilities

Key abilities for cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Daily Tasks

Day-to-day, cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders typically:

• Add specified amounts of chemicals to equipment at required times to maintain solution levels and concentrations.
• Observe machine operations, gauges, or thermometers, and adjust controls to maintain specified conditions.
• Set controls to regulate temperature and length of cycles, and start conveyors, pumps, agitators, and machines.
• Drain, clean, and refill machines or tanks at designated intervals, using cleaning solutions or water.
• Operate or tend machines to wash and remove impurities from items such as barrels or kegs, glass products, tin plate surfaces, dried fruit, pulp, animal stock, coal, manufactured articles, plastic, or rubber.
• Record gauge readings, materials used, processing times, or test results in production logs.
• Examine and inspect machines to detect malfunctions.
• Measure, weigh, or mix cleaning solutions, using measuring tanks, calibrated rods or suction tubes.
• Draw samples for laboratory analysis, or test solutions for conformance to specifications, such as acidity or specific gravity.
• Adjust, clean, and lubricate mechanical parts of machines, using hand tools and grease guns.
• Load machines with objects to be processed and unload them after cleaning, placing them on conveyors or racks.

Work Activities

• Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
• Documenting/Recording Information
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
• Getting Information
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Handling and Moving Objects
• Controlling Machines and Processes
• Performing General Physical Activities
• Processing Information
• Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
• Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards

Tools & Technology

Software and systems commonly involved: Hot technologies: Microsoft Excel

Related Careers

Related occupations to cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders include:

• Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
• Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
• Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
• Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Also Known As

Acid Dipper, Agitator, Agricultural Produce Washer, Air Table Operator, Ampoule Washing Machine Operator, Anodizer, Bag Bleacher, Barrel Cleaner, Benzene Washer, Benzene Washer Operator, Benzol Operator, Benzol Still Operator, Blancher, Blanching Machine Operator, Bleach Boiler Filler.

References

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — https://www.bls.gov/oes/
• O*NET Online — https://www.onetonline.org/
• BLS Employment Projections — https://www.bls.gov/emp/
• O*NET-SOC code: 51-9192.00