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51-4035 Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Occupational Description:
Set up, operate, or tend milling or planing machines to mill, plane, shape, groove, or profile metal or plastic work pieces.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
First Quarter 2024

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Northwest Minnesota
Minnesota			$26.65/hr	$18.21/hr	$21.12/hr	$24.97/hr	$33.31/hr	$36.38/hr
U S	13,990	434	$24.88/hr	$17.47/hr	$19.10/hr	$23.47/hr	$29.48/hr	$34.78/hr

Leading Industries for Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Natural Resources and Mining	N/A	N/A
Construction	N/A	N/A
Manufacturing	200	$24.97/hr
Professional and Business Services	N/A	N/A

Other Regional Data for Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Northeast Minnesota	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northwest Minnesota	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southeast Minnesota	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southwest Minnesota	N/A	$19.72/hr	N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	N/A	$32.42/hr	N/A
Rochester MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Minnesota	N/A	$24.97/hr	N/A
Northwest Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northeast Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A
St Cloud MN MSA	20	$30.28/hr	N/A
Central Minnesota	40	$26.03/hr	-2.7%
Southeast Balance of State	60	$23.01/hr	N/A
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	70	$31.74/hr	-10.8%

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Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	260	$22.58/hr	-6.0%
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Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	110	$20.50/hr	-11.1%
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	1,480	$26.61/hr	1.9%
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Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	1,780	$20.41/hr	-4.0%
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Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	120	$42.91/hr	1.4%
Printing Press Operators	5,860	$22.54/hr	-3.0%

Task for Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Study blueprints, layouts, sketches, or work orders to assess workpiece specifications and to determine tooling instructions, tools and materials needed, and sequences of operations.
Record production output.
Remove workpieces from machines, and check to ensure that they conform to specifications, using measuring instruments such as microscopes, gauges, calipers, and micrometers.
Compute dimensions, tolerances, and angles of workpieces or machines according to specifications and knowledge of metal properties and shop mathematics.
Turn valves or pull levers to start and regulate the flow of coolant or lubricant to work areas.
Position and secure workpieces on machines, using holding devices, measuring instruments, hand tools, and hoists.
Observe milling or planing machine operation, and adjust controls to ensure conformance with specified tolerances.
Move cutters or material manually or by turning handwheels, or engage automatic feeding mechanisms to mill workpieces to specifications.
Replace worn tools, using hand tools, and sharpen dull tools, using bench grinders.
Move cutters or material manually or by turning handwheels, or engage automatic feeding mechanisms to mill workpieces to specifications.