Laminating operator vs production employee

The differences between laminating operators and production employees can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a laminating operator has an average salary of $34,070, which is higher than the $32,872 average annual salary of a production employee.

The top three skills for a laminating operator include quality checks, quality standards and quality products. The most important skills for a production employee are production floor, quality standards, and safety standards.

Laminating operator vs production employee overview

	Laminating Operator	Production Employee
Yearly salary	$34,070	$32,872
Hourly rate	$16.38	$15.80
Growth rate	7%	-
Number of jobs	47,352	75,730
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 46%	High School Diploma, 34%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	-	-

Laminating operator vs production employee salary

Laminating operators and production employees have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Laminating Operator	Production Employee
Average salary	$34,070	$32,872
Salary range	Between $28,000 And $40,000	Between $25,000 And $42,000
Highest paying City	-	Cleveland, OH
Highest paying state	-	Minnesota
Best paying company	-	Steel Dynamics
Best paying industry	-	Automotive

Differences between laminating operator and production employee education

There are a few differences between a laminating operator and a production employee in terms of educational background:

	Laminating Operator	Production Employee
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 46%	High School Diploma, 34%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Laminating operator vs production employee demographics

Here are the differences between laminating operators' and production employees' demographics:

	Laminating Operator	Production Employee
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 83.1% Female, 16.9%	Male, 69.6% Female, 30.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.7% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 16.6% Asian, 7.4% White, 59.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%	Black or African American, 10.5% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 15.9% Asian, 7.9% White, 60.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between laminating operator and production employee duties and responsibilities

Laminating operator example responsibilities.

Experience following procedures and managing GMP documentation.
Adhere to all GMP and ISO practices.
Run, troubleshoot, and operate film and foil laminator machine.
Execute daily operations of furnaces and etching equipment.
Set up Bobst flat die and run machine with no asistance.

Production employee example responsibilities.

Accomplish collating training for revisions and charts.
Handle set up and operation of CNC mills and lathes for production.
Machine (CNC) axle shafts from a raw forging state to a finish product ready for final assembly.
Execute production activities as directed by supervisor, including performing GMP cell culture of biologic products using closed-system device.
Coordinate and participate in Kaizen cost improvement activities.

Laminating operator vs production employee skills

Common laminating operator skills

Quality Checks, 26%
Quality Standards, 11%
Quality Products, 9%
Production Schedules, 6%
Quality Issues, 6%
Machine Adjustments, 5%

Common production employee skills

Production Floor, 25%
Quality Standards, 16%
Safety Standards, 13%
Work Ethic, 8%
Production Process, 6%
HACCP, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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