Occupational Employment Statistics

DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

51-4021 Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Occupational Description:
Set up, operate, or tend machines to extrude or draw thermoplastic or metal materials into tubes, rods, hoses, wire, bars, or structural shapes.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
First Quarter 2020

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Southeast Minnesota	250	67	$19.03/hr	$13.55/hr	$15.49/hr	$19.18/hr	$22.46/hr	$24.45/hr

Leading Industries for Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Construction	N/A	N/A
Manufacturing	1,770	$20.53/hr
Trade, Transportation and Utilities	N/A	N/A
Professional and Business Services	N/A	N/A

Other Regional Data for Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2016-2026
Northeast Minnesota	N/A	N/A	-12.2%
Duluth MN-WI MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rochester MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
St Cloud MN MSA	N/A	$19.42/hr	N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA	60	$18.65/hr	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	90	$21.23/hr	N/A
Southwest Minnesota	180	$20.85/hr	-21.9%
Southeast Minnesota	250	$19.18/hr	-6.8%
Southeast Balance of State	290	$20.33/hr	N/A
Northwest Balance of State	300	$19.79/hr	N/A
Central Minnesota	320	$19.60/hr	19.4%
Northwest Minnesota	400	$19.79/hr	23.9%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	950	$21.17/hr	-11.3%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	1,090	$21.11/hr	N/A
Minnesota	1,830	$20.40/hr	-6.1%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2016-2026
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	1,730	$20.65/hr	-0.4%
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	160	$14.98/hr	-14.9%
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	2,720	$18.44/hr	-4.3%
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	5,400	$20.74/hr	-4.0%
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	N/A	N/A	N/A
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	2,490	$18.09/hr	-5.9%
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	720	$19.99/hr	-4.5%
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	140	$19.81/hr	-12.7%
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	340	$18.53/hr	-5.3%
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	2,010	$18.68/hr	-9.1%

Task for Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Measure and examine extruded products to locate defects and to check for conformance to specifications, adjusting controls as necessary to alter products.
Clean work areas.
Reel extruded products into rolls of specified lengths and weights.
Install dies, machine screws, and sizing rings on machines that extrude thermoplastic or metal materials.
Determine setup procedures and select machine dies and parts, according to specifications.
Start machines and set controls to regulate vacuum, air pressure, sizing rings, and temperature, and to synchronize speed of extrusion.
Start machines and set controls to regulate vacuum, air pressure, sizing rings, and temperature, and to synchronize speed of extrusion.
Change dies on extruding machines according to production line changes.
Troubleshoot, maintain, and make minor repairs to equipment.
Reel extruded products into rolls of specified lengths and weights.