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Packaging line operator

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Key facts

+3.2%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United States

This job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is low. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, low according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +3.2% (BLS).

The job

Packing, bottling and labelling machine operators (ISCO 8183). Packing, bottling and labelling machine operators monitor and operate machines which weigh, pack and label various products or fill different containers with products.

Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.

72 job titles linked to this page

Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.

  • brander
  • branding machine operative
  • branding machine operator
  • canner
  • canning and bottling line operator
  • canning and bottling operative
  • canning and bottling worker
  • canning operative
  • cigar brander
  • cigar brander operative
  • cigar brander tender
  • cigar branding machine operator
  • cigar producer
  • cigar product brander
  • cigar wrapper tender
  • cigar wrapping machine operative
  • cigar wrapping machine tender
  • cigars brander
  • compressed gas cylinder filler
  • compressed gas filler
  • continuous heat sealer operative
  • continuous heat sealer operator
  • continuous heat sealer setter
  • continuous heat sealer tender
  • cylinder filler
  • cylinder operative
  • cylinder refill operator
  • cylinder refiller
  • fill operator
  • filling plant operative
  • footwear finishing and packing operator
  • gas cylinder filler
  • gas cylinder operative
  • gas filling plant operative
  • heat seal machine operative
  • heat seal machine operator
  • heat seal machine setter
  • heat seal machine tender
  • heat seal machine worker
  • heat seal operative
  • heat seal operator
  • heat sealing machine operative
  • heat sealing machine operator
  • heat sealing machine setter
  • heat sealing machine tender
  • heat sealing machine worker
  • hot bar sealer operative
  • hot bar sealer operator
  • hot bar sealer setter
  • hot bar sealer tender
  • impulse heat sealer operative
  • impulse heat sealer operator
  • impulse heat sealer setter
  • impulse heat sealer tender
  • industrial filling operative
  • industrial filling plant operative
  • leather goods packing attendant
  • leather goods packing operator
  • leather goods packing worker
  • liquefied gas filler
  • machine operative, cigar production
  • packaging and filling machine operator
  • packaging and filling machine worker
  • packaging and filling operative
  • packaging and filling operator
  • packaging and filling worker
  • packing attendant
  • packing worker
  • technician/fill operative
  • technician/fill operator
  • yardhand filler
  • yardhand/filler

Training

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Gauges

Risk 3/5 · Moderate
AI exposureLowBLS AI exposure category "low" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)
Employment outlookStableBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders; Adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayLowBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $44,146
EntryQuickBLS, typical education needed for entry

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Sources

Checked on 27 October 2026.