Set up, operate, or tend spraying or rolling machines to coat or paint any of a wide variety of products, including glassware, cloth, ceramics, metal, plastic, paper, or wood, with lacquer, silver, copper, rubber, varnish, glaze, enamel, oil, or rust-proofing materials.
US jobs
159K
Avg. wage
$25/h
GDP output/y
$27B
Tasks
29
AI Parity
4%
Related occupationsPainting, Coating, and Decorating Workers · Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic · Furniture Finishers · Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand · Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders · Painters, Construction and Maintenance · Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
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| # | Task ↕O*NET 30.1 · DOL | Output/y ▴est. · BEA + BLS | Verification method ↕est. · rubric v1 | Qualitymeasured baseline | Configurationverified runs | Qualitysame test | vs human× output · − pts |
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O*NET-SOC 51-9124.00 · tasks and importance from O*NET 30.1 · jobs and wages BLS OEWS May 2025 · GDP by industry BEA 2025
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