DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

51-4122 Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Occupational Description:
Set up, operate, or tend welding, soldering, or brazing machines or robots that weld, braze, solder, or heat treat metal products, components, or assemblies. Includes workers who operate laser cutters or laser-beam machines.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota ValleyN/A0N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Minnesota 1,180214$22.77/hr$0.73/hr$16.53/hr$18.56/hr$22.18/hr$26.38/hr$30.40/hr
U S 35,1101,088$19.64/hr$0.22/hr$13.12/hr$15.38/hr$18.69/hr$23.18/hr$28.01/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Other Regional Data For Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 650 $22.78/hr N/A
EDR 10 - Southeast 200 $21.15/hr N/A
EDR 7W- Central 100 $18.50/hr N/A
EDR 4 - West Central 70 $22.98/hr N/A
EDR 3 - Arrowhead 40 $26.21/hr N/A
EDR 9 - South Central 40 $23.18/hr N/A
EDR 6E- Southwest Central 30 $21.47/hr 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 2 - Headwaters N/A N/A N/A
EDR 1 - Northwest N/A N/A N/A
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OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers130$20.97/hrN/A
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic20$19.47/hrN/A
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersN/AN/AN/A
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and TendersN/AN/AN/A
Foundry Mold and CoremakersN/AN/AN/A
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersN/AN/AN/A
Tool and Die MakersN/AN/AN/A
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticN/AN/AN/A
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersN/AN/AN/A
Cementing and Gluing Machine Operators and TendersN/AN/AN/A
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems AssemblersN/AN/AN/A
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, & Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, &Tenders, Metal & PlasticN/AN/AN/A
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticN/AN/AN/A
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticN/AN/AN/A
Grinding and Polishing Workers, HandN/AN/AN/A
Tasks for Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders