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Helpers--Production Workers
Description
Help production workers by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include supplying or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
Common Tasks
- Measure amounts of products, lengths of extruded articles, or weights of filled containers to ensure conformance to specifications.
- Thread ends of items such as thread, cloth, and lace through needles and rollers, and around take-up tubes.
- Thread ends of items such as thread, cloth, and lace through needles and rollers, and around take-up tubes.
- Read gauges or charts, and record data obtained.
- Read gauges or charts, and record data obtained.
Required Education
No formal educational credential
Wages
In 2016 the mean hourly wage in the Greater Sacramento area was $12.07 . The hourly rate for this occupation typically paid between $9.43 and $15.98 .
In 2016 the mean annual salary in the Greater Sacramento area was $25,100.17 . The annual salary for this occupation typically paid between $19,608.55 and $33,245.73 .
Occupation Outlook
This occupation employed 1,490 people in the Greater Sacramento area during 2014.
By 2024, there is expected to be an increase of 5.4% in the number of jobs in the Greater Sacramento area for this occupation, bringing to total number to 1,570.
By 2024, in the Greater Sacramento area, the median hourly rate for this occupation is expected to be $11.00 with the median annual salary reaching $23,334.
