Occupational Employment Statistics

DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

51-7041 Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

Occupational Description:
Set up, operate, or tend wood sawing machines. May operate CNC equipment. Includes lead sawyers.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
First Quarter 2025

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Central Minnesota	160	22	$24.98/hr	$18.40/hr	$23.37/hr	$25.09/hr	$28.28/hr	$29.61/hr

Leading Industries for Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Natural Resources and Mining	N/A	N/A
Manufacturing	770	$24.11/hr
Trade, Transportation and Utilities	40	$26.43/hr
Professional and Business Services	30	$19.23/hr
Education and Health Services	N/A	N/A

Other Regional Data for Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Fargo ND-MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rochester MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA	30	$20.05/hr	N/A
Southwest Minnesota	40	$23.83/hr	6.0%
Southeast Balance of State	40	$24.11/hr	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	50	$23.88/hr	N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	60	$19.82/hr	N/A
Northeast Balance of State	60	$23.96/hr	N/A
St Cloud MN MSA	70	$24.30/hr	N/A
Southeast Minnesota	80	$23.86/hr	4.1%
Northeast Minnesota	90	$23.46/hr	-9.0%
Northwest Minnesota	120	$24.02/hr	0.0%
Northwest Balance of State	120	$24.02/hr	N/A
Central Minnesota	160	$25.09/hr	7.4%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	360	$22.62/hr	5.7%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	440	$23.38/hr	N/A
Minnesota	850	$23.91/hr	3.2%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	90	$20.33/hr	-4.2%
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	5,570	$24.90/hr	-3.5%
Helpers--Production Workers	3,040	$20.65/hr	-6.3%
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	720	$23.91/hr	5.1%
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	9,420	$28.71/hr	6.1%
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	1,330	$27.58/hr	1.9%
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	360	$28.26/hr	-4.6%
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	3,630	$26.51/hr	3.5%
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	1,950	$27.26/hr	-5.6%
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	56,030	$22.13/hr	6.7%

Task for Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

Dispose of waste material after completing work assignments.
Guide workpieces against saws, saw over workpieces by hand, or operate automatic feeding devices to guide cuts.
Operate panelboards of saw or conveyor systems to move stock through processes or to cut stock to specified dimensions.
Count, sort, or stack finished workpieces.
Inspect and measure workpieces to mark for cuts and to verify the accuracy of cuts, using rulers, squares, or caliper rules.
Examine logs or lumber to plan the best cuts.
Trim lumber to straighten rough edges or remove defects, using circular saws.
Select saw blades, types or grades of stock, or cutting procedures to be used, according to work orders or supervisors' instructions.
Adjust bolts, clamps, stops, guides, or table angles or heights, using hand tools.
Position and clamp stock on tables, conveyors, or carriages, using hoists, guides, stops, dogs, wedges, or wrenches.