DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

Install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, or other drawings.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020

					Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
EDR 10 - Southeast	N/A	18	$24.45/hr	$2.78/hr	$16.82/hr	$19.19/hr	$22.67/hr	$27.15/hr	$37.30/hr
Minnesota	1,090	262	$28.98/hr	$1.19/hr	$17.76/hr	$21.01/hr	$27.14/hr	$36.00/hr	$44.95/hr
U S	47,320	1,467	$27.84/hr	$0.22/hr	$17.09/hr	$21.20/hr	$27.11/hr	$33.75/hr	$39.56/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

Other Regional Data For Millwrights Geography (click title for details) OES Projections Employment Median Wage % Change  -  EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 760 $27.84/hr N/A EDR 3 - Arrowhead 110 $32.74/hr N/A EDR 6E- Southwest Central 30 $23.45/hr N/A EDR 4 - West Central 20 $26.44/hr N/A EDR 10 - Southeast N/A $22.67/hr N/A EDR 1 - Northwest N/A N/A N/A EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley N/A N/A N/A EDR 5 - North Central N/A N/A N/A EDR 7E- East Central N/A N/A N/A EDR 8 - Southwest N/A N/A N/A EDR 9 - South Central N/A $22.83/hr N/A EDR 2 - Headwaters N/A N/A N/A EDR 7W- Central N/A N/A N/A

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	Employment	Median Wage	% Change  -
Machinists	880	$22.02/hr	N/A
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	320	$20.58/hr	N/A
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	40	$16.11/hr	N/A

• Dismantles machines, using hammers, wrenches, crowbars, and other hand tools.
• Assembles machines, and bolts, welds, rivets, or otherwise fastens them to foundation or other structures, using hand tools and power tools.
• Moves machinery and equipment, using hoists, dollies, rollers, and trucks.
• Connects power unit to machines or steam piping to equipment, and tests unit to evaluate its mechanical operation.
• Lays out mounting holes, using measuring instruments, and drills holes with power drill.
• Positions steel beams to support bedplates of machines and equipment, using blueprints and schematic drawings, to determine work procedures.
• Replaces defective parts of machine or adjusts clearances and alignment of moving parts.
• Repairs and lubricates machines and equipment.
• Operates engine lathe to grind, file, and turn machine parts to dimensional specifications.
• Signals crane operator to lower basic assembly units to bedplate, and aligns unit to centerline.
• Constructs foundation for machines, using hand tools and building materials such as wood, cement, and steel.
• Installs robot and modifies its program, using teach pendant.
• Shrink-fits bushings, sleeves, rings, liners, gears, and wheels to specified items, using portable gas heating equipment.
• Levels bedplate and establishes centerline, using straightedge, levels, and transit.
• Inserts shims, adjusts tension on nuts and bolts, or positions parts, using hand tools and measuring instruments, to set specified clearances between moving and stationary parts.
• Aligns machines and equipment, using hoists, jacks, hand tools, squares, rules, micrometers, and plumb bobs.
• Dismantles machinery and equipment for shipment to installation site, usually performing installation and maintenance work as part of team.
• Attaches moving parts and subassemblies to basic assembly unit, using hand tools and power tools.
• Assembles and installs equipment, using hand tools and power tools.
• Bolts parts, such as side and deck plates, jaw plates, and journals, to basic assembly unit.