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Office Machine Operators, Except Computer · SOC 43-9071

Office Machine Operators, Except Computer Salary in the Washington Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area

Figures describe the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Washington city limits.

Median annual wage$40,980
Median hourly wage$19.70

Office Machine Operators, Except Computer in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area earned a median of $40,980 per year ($19.70 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $34,930 at the 10th percentile to $63,960 at the 90th. BLS estimates 630 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Office Machine Operators, Except Computer in the Washington metro area earn more than $40,980 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $35,670 and $49,060.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$34,930$35,670$40,980$49,060$63,960
Hourly$16.79$17.15$19.70$23.59$30.75

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Washington metro areathis metro area
    $40,980
  • District of Columbiastate (DC)
    $41,460
  • United Statesnational
    $40,960

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −1% vs District of Columbia overall and about the same vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$25,410$34,877$44,343$53,810San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $25,410Manchester-Nashua, NH — $31,040Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $32,060Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $32,290Tulsa, OK — $33,320Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $33,600San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $34,240Columbia, MO — $34,770Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $34,980Toledo, OH — $35,470Albuquerque, NM — $35,690Topeka, KS — $35,810Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $35,860Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $36,000Pittsburgh, PA — $36,130Springfield, MO — $36,200Tucson, AZ — $36,280Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $36,360York-Hanover, PA — $36,410Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $36,790Ogden, UT — $36,810Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $36,880Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $37,060Wichita, KS — $37,090Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $37,130Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $37,160Binghamton, NY — $37,170Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $37,210Cleveland, OH — $37,510Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $37,530Urban Honolulu, HI — $37,590Raleigh-Cary, NC — $37,630Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $37,710Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $37,780Evansville, IN — $37,950Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $38,090Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $38,330Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $38,370Jacksonville, FL — $38,410Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $38,510Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $38,550Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $38,620Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $38,640Rochester, NY — $38,820Peoria, IL — $38,840Omaha, NE-IA — $38,870Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $39,020Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $39,060Syracuse, NY — $39,150Oklahoma City, OK — $39,240Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $39,490Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $39,640Madison, WI — $39,890Fort Wayne, IN — $39,910St. Louis, MO-IL — $40,110Richmond, VA — $40,140Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $40,260Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $40,560Kansas City, MO-KS — $40,630Greensboro-High Point, NC — $40,850Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $40,980Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $41,410Wilmington, NC — $41,590Duluth, MN-WI — $41,980Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $43,270Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $43,310Springfield, MA — $43,680Akron, OH — $44,310Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $44,370Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $44,980Worcester, MA — $45,060Knoxville, TN — $45,110Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $45,220Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $45,560Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $45,590New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $45,750Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $46,450Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $46,530Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $46,740Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $46,880Colorado Springs, CO — $46,900Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $47,130Green Bay, WI — $47,130Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $47,270Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $47,320San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $47,440Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $47,470Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $47,840Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $48,060Springfield, IL — $48,290Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $48,310Anchorage, AK — $50,230Salem, OR — $50,670Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $53,320San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $53,810

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Washington metro area has the 35th-highest published median for this occupation among the 95 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Office Clerks, General$51,880Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$53,660Customer Service Representatives$46,220First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$76,400Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$48,280Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$59,290

Highest-paying metro areas for office machine operators, except computers · Highest-paying occupations in Washington Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.