DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

51-4021 Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Occupational Description:
Set up, operate, or tend machines to extrude or draw thermoplastic or metal materials into tubes, rods, hoses, wire, bars, or structural shapes.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Northwest Minnesota 40041$20.47/hr$0.62/hr$16.08/hr$17.42/hr$19.79/hr$23.00/hr$25.47/hr
Minnesota 1,830201$20.89/hr$0.36/hr$15.64/hr$17.42/hr$20.40/hr$24.08/hr$28.06/hr
U S 76,9401,847$18.43/hr$0.13/hr$12.21/hr$14.37/hr$17.72/hr$22.12/hr$26.23/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Manufacturing400$19.79/hr
Other Regional Data For Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 950 $21.17/hr 0.2%
Northwest Minnesota 400 $19.79/hr 7.2%
Central Minnesota 320 $19.60/hr 8.6%
Southeast Minnesota 250 $19.18/hr N/A
Southwest Minnesota 180 $20.85/hr 2.5%
Northeast Minnesota N/A N/A 0.0%
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OESProjections
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