Copy Machine Operators - Employment & Outlook

The table below provides information about the number of workers in this career in various regions. It also provides information about the expected growth rate and future job openings.

Employment

Major employers:

Collection agencies
Banks, savings institutions, and credit unions
Wholesale equipment sales companies

Outlook

Demand for this career is expected to decline. This is due to technological advancements in copy office machines. As copy machines get faster, they produce more copies. Therefore, fewer machines and fewer operators are needed. In addition, newer copy machines tend to jam less than older machines, which also reduces the number of operators needed to tend them.

Copy Machine Operators (CIS 100142)

Location	Employment	&	Growth		>>>>	Annual openings
			This occupation	All occupations
Illinois	1,109 Small	&	-16.9%	2.7%	>>>>	117 Few
Champaign Area	23 Very small	&	-17.4%	1.9%	>>>>	3 Very few
Charleston-Effingham-Centralia Area	15 Very small	&	-26.7%	-1.2%	>>>>	2 Very few
Cook County	532 Small	&	-17.3%	3.0%	>>>>	57 Very few
DeKalb-Elgin-Aurora Area	44 Very small	&	-15.9%	4.0%	>>>>	4 Very few
Du Page County	133 Small	&	-14.3%	3.7%	>>>>	14 Very few
Lake County	67 Very small	&	-10.4%	2.6%	>>>>	8 Very few
Mt Vernon-Marion-Carbondale Area	11 Very small	&	-18.2%	0.2%	>>>>	2 Very few
Northwest Illinois Area	12 Very small	&	0.0%	5.1%	>>>>	2 Very few
Peoria-Bloomington Area	38 Very small	&	-26.3%	1.3%	>>>>	3 Very few
Rockford Area	18 Very small	&	-16.7%	2.4%	>>>>	2 Very few
Shawnee National Forest Area	7 Very small	&	-14.3%	-0.3%	>>>>	0 None
Springfield Area	28 Very small	&	-14.3%	-0.8%	>>>>	4 Very few
St Louis-Belleville Area	15 Very small	&	-20.0%	0.2%	>>>>	2 Very few
Will County	36 Very small	&	-22.2%	5.4%	>>>>	3 Very few
United States	25,500 Very small	&	-15.3%	3.1%	>>>>	2,800 Very few