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Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in California

Want to work as a Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in California? Here’s what the data says. Set up, operate, or tend machines that knit, loop, weave, or draw in textiles. Excludes “Sewing Machine Operators” (51-6031).

What do Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Make in California?

The textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders working in California, the median annual wage is $37,290 per year (or roughly $17.93/hour).Earnings range from $33,990 at the 10th percentile to $47,720 at the 90th percentile.

Wage Statistic	Annual	Hourly
10th percentile	$33,990	$16.34
25th percentile	$34,950	$16.81
Median (50th)	$37,290	$17.93
75th percentile	$47,080	$22.63
90th percentile	$47,720	$22.94

Location quotient — how concentrated this career is in California nationwide is 0.39, suggesting fewer textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders per worker than the national average.

National Wage Comparison

Nationally, textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders earn a median of $52,453 per year ($25.22/hour), below the California median.

Employment Outlook

Nationally, total employment in this occupation is 209,222 textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders in the U.S.. In California alone, approximately 670 people work in this role. That’s higher than the typical state, which employs around 180 textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders.

Top California Metros for Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

These are the California metros with the most textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders in California.

Metro Area	Number Employed	Annual Median Salary
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	520	$36,630

Top States for Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Employment

View the states that employ the most textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders work.

State	Number Employed
Georgia	3,810
North Carolina	3,200
South Carolina	1,830
Alabama	890
California	670
Pennsylvania	570
Tennessee	410
Virginia	410
New York	320
Rhode Island	280
Texas	250
Wisconsin	180
Massachusetts	150
Maine	140
Michigan	130
Louisiana	130
Washington	120
Mississippi	120
New Hampshire	90
Ohio	80

Highest-Paying States for Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Where textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders earn the most: textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders.

State	Annual Median Salary
Wisconsin	$65,820
Mississippi	$49,720
New York	$47,970
Maine	$47,320
New Hampshire	$47,170
Washington	$46,700
Minnesota	$43,950
Michigan	$43,410
Pennsylvania	$42,040
Massachusetts	$40,030

Skills

Top textile knitting and weaving machine setters, 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

The abilities that matter most for textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Daily Tasks

Common tasks include:

• Observe woven cloth to detect weaving defects.
• Thread yarn, thread, and fabric through guides, needles, and rollers of machines for weaving, knitting, or other processing.
• Remove defects in cloth by cutting and pulling out filling.
• Examine looms to determine causes of loom stoppage, such as warp filling, harness breaks, or mechanical defects.
• Inspect products to ensure that specifications are met and to determine if machines need adjustment.
• Notify supervisors or repair staff of mechanical malfunctions.
• Start machines, monitor operations, and make adjustments as needed.
• Stop machines when specified amounts of product have been produced.
• Inspect machinery to determine whether repairs are needed.
• Confer with co-workers to obtain information about orders, processes, or problems.
• Operate machines for test runs to verify adjustments and to obtain product samples.
• Program electronic equipment.

Work Activities

• Controlling Machines and Processes
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Getting Information
• Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
• Performing General Physical Activities
• Handling and Moving Objects
• Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
• Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
• Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
• Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

Tools & Technology

Technologies frequently used: Hot technologies: Microsoft Excel

Related Careers

Careers similar to textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders include:

• Industrial Machinery Mechanics
• Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Print Binding and Finishing Workers

Also Known As

Automated Weaver, Automatic Full-Fashioned Hosiery Knitting Machine Operator, Automatic Pad-Making Machine Operator, Belt Weaver, Blanket Weaver, Braid Pattern Setter, Broadloom Weaver, Carpet Loom Fixer, Carpet Weaver, Circular Knit Operator, Cloth Weaver, Cloth Wire Weaver, Creeler, Crochet Machine Operator, Crocheter.

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: 51-6063.00