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Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Massachusetts

Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders control equipment that combines materials like chemicals, tobacco, liquids, pigments, and explosives into specified mixtures. They work in manufacturing facilities, chemical plants, pharmaceutical companies, food processing plants, and other industrial settings where precise material combinations are required. In Massachusetts the median pay is $60,790 a year, 24% above the national median of $48,990.

$60,790median pay in Massachusetts, per year
$50,360–$65,870middle half earn
420employed in Massachusetts
$48,990U.S. median, for comparison
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What it takes

Preparation: Some preparation (usually high school; some on-the-job training). Most hold a high school diploma.

Skills that matter most

Operations MonitoringOperation and ControlReading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingMonitoringEquipment MaintenanceTroubleshootingRepairing

Knowledge areas

Production and ProcessingEnglish LanguageMechanicalPublic Safety and SecurityMathematics (knowledge)Chemistry

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O*NET-SOC 51-9023.00. Pay: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Massachusetts, annual.