Occupational Employment Statistics

DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

51-9032 Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Occupational Description:
Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut or slice materials, such as glass, stone, cork, rubber, tobacco, food, paper, or insulating material. Excludes “Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders" (51-7040), "Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic" (51-4031), and "Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders" (51-6062).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
First Quarter 2024

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Minnesota	1,480	158	$25.51/hr	$19.56/hr	$22.43/hr	$26.61/hr	$28.89/hr	$29.76/hr

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

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Manufacturing	1,440	$26.61/hr
Information	N/A	N/A
Professional and Business Services	30	$20.28/hr
Education and Health Services	N/A	N/A

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

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Northeast Minnesota	N/A	N/A	N/A
Duluth MN-WI 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
Rochester MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northeast Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A
St Cloud MN MSA	40	$24.90/hr	N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA	60	$22.24/hr	N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	60	$24.80/hr	N/A
Northwest Balance of State	100	$25.08/hr	N/A
Northwest Minnesota	120	$27.54/hr	4.4%
Southwest Minnesota	160	$24.84/hr	4.0%
Southeast Minnesota	210	$25.52/hr	4.5%
Southeast Balance of State	270	$24.84/hr	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	340	$26.61/hr	N/A
Central Minnesota	350	$26.61/hr	8.2%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	590	$29.45/hr	-0.9%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	630	$29.27/hr	N/A
Minnesota	1,480	$26.61/hr	1.9%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	1,780	$20.41/hr	-4.0%
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	5,130	$23.60/hr	-3.5%
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	90	$18.46/hr	-4.2%
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	1,100	$25.25/hr	1.3%
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	N/A	$24.97/hr	N/A
Printing Press Operators	5,860	$22.54/hr	-3.0%
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	120	$42.91/hr	1.4%
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	260	$22.58/hr	-6.0%
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	640	$21.47/hr	5.1%
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	1,890	$23.04/hr	-8.9%

Task for Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Press buttons, pull levers, or depress pedals to start and operate cutting and slicing machines.
Feed stock into cutting machines, onto conveyors, or under cutting blades, by threading, guiding, pushing, or turning handwheels.
Remove completed materials or products from cutting or slicing machines, and stack or store them for additional processing.
Turn cranks or press buttons to activate winches that move cars under sawing cables or saw frames.
Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices, such as rulers, micrometers, or scales.
Move stock or scrap to and from machines manually, or by using carts, handtrucks, or lift trucks.
Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut or slice materials, such as glass, stone, cork, rubber, tobacco, food, paper, or insulating material.
Direct workers on cutting teams.
Clean and lubricate cutting machines, conveyors, blades, saws, or knives, using steam hoses, scrapers, brushes, or oil cans.
Remove defective or substandard materials from machines, and readjust machine components so that products meet standards.