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Occupational Employment Statistics


DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

51-9194 Etchers and Engravers



Engrave or etch metal, wood, rubber, or other materials. Includes such workers as etcher-circuit processors, pantograph engravers, and silk screen etchers. Photoengravers are included in "Prepress Technicians and Workers" (51-5111).

Geography Click link for Career Profile EmploymentEmp SE*Percentiles
Mean10th25thMedian75th90th
Minnesota 12044$20.36/hr$15.90/hr$17.07/hr$18.58/hr$24.14/hr$24.14/hr


IndustryOES Employment (Statewide)OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Manufacturing100$20.90/hr
Trade, Transportation and UtilitiesN/AN/A
 
Geography Click link for details EmploymentMedian WageProjections
% Change 2022-2032
Central Minnesota N/AN/AN/A
Northeast Minnesota N/AN/AN/A
Northwest Minnesota N/AN/AN/A
Southeast Minnesota N/AN/AN/A
Southwest Minnesota N/AN/AN/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA N/AN/AN/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA N/AN/AN/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA N/AN/AN/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA N/AN/AN/A
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA N/A$18.16/hrN/A
Rochester MN MSA N/AN/AN/A
St Cloud MN MSA N/AN/AN/A
Northwest Balance of State N/AN/AN/A
Southwest Balance of State N/AN/AN/A
Southeast Balance of State N/AN/AN/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA 10$20.14/hrN/A
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 50$17.81/hr2.1%
Minnesota 120$18.58/hr0.0%


Occupations Click link for details EmploymentMedian WageProjections
% Change 2022-2032
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians 1,340$19.46/hr6.8%
Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic 10$26.99/hr-14.3%
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 110$20.50/hr-11.1%


  • Determine machine settings, and move bars or levers to reproduce designs on rollers or plates.
  • Expose workpieces to acid to develop etch patterns such as designs, lettering, or figures.
  • Adjust depths and sizes of cuts by adjusting heights of worktables, or by adjusting machine-arm gauges.
  • Use computer software to design patterns for engraving.
  • Set reduction scales to attain specified sizes of reproduction on workpieces, and set pantograph controls for required heights, depths, and widths of cuts.
  • Remove completed workpieces and place them in trays.
  • Observe actions of cutting tools through microscopes and adjust stylus movement to ensure accurate reproduction.
  • Guide stylus over template, causing cutting tool to duplicate design or letters on workpiece.
  • Select and insert required templates into pattern frames beneath the stylus of a machine cutting tool or router.
  • Neutralize workpieces to remove acid, wax, or enamel, using water, solvents, brushes, or specialized machines.