DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

51-4193 Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Occupational Description:
Set up, operate, or tend plating machines to coat metal or plastic products with chromium, zinc, copper, cadmium, nickel, or other metal to protect or decorate surfaces. Typically, the product being coated is immersed in molten metal or an electrolytic solution. Excludes ?Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders? (51-9124).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
EDR 6E- Southwest Central 4012$17.56/hr$0.76/hr$12.81/hr$15.10/hr$17.43/hr$20.65/hr$23.36/hr
Minnesota 1,010234$18.55/hr$0.48/hr$13.12/hr$15.22/hr$17.84/hr$21.81/hr$25.58/hr
U S 41,8101,338$17.39/hr$0.12/hr$11.52/hr$13.39/hr$16.34/hr$20.19/hr$25.02/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Manufacturing40$17.43/hr
Other Regional Data For Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 740 $18.01/hr N/A
EDR 10 - Southeast 160 $17.58/hr N/A
EDR 6E- Southwest Central 40 $17.43/hr N/A
EDR 7E- East Central 20 $14.87/hr N/A
EDR 3 - Arrowhead 10 $27.51/hr N/A
EDR 8 - Southwest N/A N/A N/A
EDR 5 - North Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 9 - South Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 7W- Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley N/A N/A N/A
EDR 4 - West Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 2 - Headwaters N/A N/A N/A
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