Occupational Employment Statistics

DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

51-6062 Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Occupational Description:
Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut textiles.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
First Quarter 2026

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Minnesota	100	10	$20.85/hr	$15.78/hr	$18.06/hr	$20.39/hr	$25.44/hr	$25.44/hr

Leading Industries for Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Manufacturing	100	$20.39/hr
Professional and Business Services	N/A	N/A

Other Regional Data for Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2024-2034
Southeast Minnesota	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northwest Minnesota	N/A	N/A	N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southwest Minnesota	N/A	N/A	N/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southeast Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northeast Minnesota	N/A	N/A	N/A
Central Minnesota	N/A	N/A	N/A
St Cloud MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northwest Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	40	$20.39/hr	-3.8%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	40	$20.39/hr	N/A
Minnesota	100	$20.39/hr	-9.6%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2024-2034
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	1,130	$28.65/hr	-8.5%
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	6,130	$24.48/hr	-11.3%
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	500	$25.24/hr	-2.5%
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	1,400	$25.47/hr	-11.1%
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	710	$25.35/hr	-1.0%
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	900	$25.49/hr	-5.1%
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	220	$27.15/hr	-17.6%
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	3,430	$25.67/hr	-0.8%
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	2,230	$24.38/hr	-6.0%
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	9,270	$29.64/hr	0.9%

Task for Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Inspect machinery to determine whether repairs are needed.
Adjust machine controls, such as heating mechanisms, tensions, or speeds, to produce specified products.
Confer with coworkers to obtain information about orders, processes, or problems.
Stop machines when specified amounts of product have been produced.
Adjust cutting techniques to types of fabrics and styles of garments.
Study guides, samples, charts, and specification sheets or confer with supervisors or engineering staff to determine set-up requirements.
Place patterns on top of layers of fabric and cut fabric following patterns, using electric or manual knives, cutters, or computer numerically controlled cutting devices.
Thread yarn, thread, or fabric through guides, needles, and rollers of machines.
Inspect products to ensure that the quality standards and specifications are met.
Start machines, monitor operations, and make adjustments as needed.