Occupational Employment Statistics

DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

51-9191 Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders

Occupational Description:
Operate or tend bonding machines that use adhesives to join items for further processing or to form a completed product. Processes include joining veneer sheets into plywood; gluing paper; or joining rubber and rubberized fabric parts, plastic, simulated leather, or other materials. Excludes “Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders" (51-6042).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
First Quarter 2022

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Central Minnesota	30	7	$19.11/hr	$15.52/hr	$15.52/hr	$19.45/hr	$22.86/hr	$23.83/hr

Leading Industries for Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Manufacturing	200	$23.83/hr
Trade, Transportation and Utilities	N/A	N/A
Professional and Business Services	N/A	N/A

Other Regional Data for Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2020-2030
Northeast Minnesota	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southwest Minnesota	N/A	N/A	N/A
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
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rochester MN MSA	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
Northeast Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southeast Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northwest Minnesota	20	$23.71/hr	N/A
Southeast Minnesota	20	$22.13/hr	N/A
Central Minnesota	30	$19.45/hr	-2.4%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	130	$24.60/hr	-2.2%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	150	$24.60/hr	N/A
Minnesota	210	$23.78/hr	-0.9%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2020-2030
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	110	$23.75/hr	-4.2%
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	1,700	$24.48/hr	-1.6%
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	240	$26.59/hr	N/A
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	600	$24.60/hr	-5.6%
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	1,790	$19.54/hr	-3.8%
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	300	$25.36/hr	-1.7%
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	140	$19.49/hr	-11.4%
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	3,630	$19.30/hr	-3.1%
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	1,370	$19.74/hr	5.9%

Task for Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders

Monitor machine operations to detect malfunctions and report or resolve problems.
Observe gauges, meters, and control panels to obtain information about equipment temperatures and pressures, or the speed of feeders or conveyors.
Mount or load material such as paper, plastic, wood, or rubber in feeding mechanisms of cementing or gluing machines.
Adjust machine components according to specifications such as widths, lengths, and thickness of materials and amounts of glue, cement, or adhesive required.
Remove and stack completed materials or products, and restock materials to be joined.
Align and position materials being joined to ensure accurate application of adhesive or heat sealing.
Read work orders and communicate with coworkers to determine machine and equipment settings and adjustments and supply and product specifications.
Examine and measure completed materials or products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices such as tape measures, gauges, or calipers.
Clean and maintain gluing and cementing machines, using solutions, lubricants, brushes, and scrapers.
Start machines, and turn valves or move controls to feed, admit, apply, or transfer materials and adhesives, and to adjust temperature, pressure, and time settings.