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
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 740233$18.82/hr$0.62/hr$13.09/hr$15.53/hr$18.01/hr$22.27/hr$26.39/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
Manufacturing690$18.04/hr
Other Regional Data For Plating 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 740 $18.01/hr -7.3%
Southeast Minnesota 160 $17.58/hr -5.1%
Central Minnesota 110 $16.93/hr -1.4%
Southwest Minnesota 20 $16.55/hr -7.1%
Northeast Minnesota 10 $27.51/hr N/A
Northwest Minnesota N/A N/A N/A
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OESProjections
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Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic2,220$17.79/hr-1.2%
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