DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

Operate or tend a variety of machines to join, decorate, reinforce, or finish shoes and shoe parts.

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
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	N/A	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Minnesota	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.63/hr	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
U S	5,020	868	$14.90/hr	$0.37/hr	$9.23/hr	$11.83/hr	$14.92/hr	$17.96/hr	$20.44/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

Related Occupations

Occupation (click title for details)	OES		Projections
	Employment	Median Wage	% Change 2022 - 2032
Sewing Machine Operators	1,100	$15.70/hr	-1.5%
Sewers, Hand	30	$13.68/hr	N/A
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers	N/A	$17.56/hr	N/A

• Turns setscrew on needle bar and positions required number of needles in designated stitching machines.
• Draws thread through machine guide slots and needles.
• Lowers pressure foot or roller to secure parts and starts machine stitching, using hand, foot, or knee controls.
• Selects and places spools of thread or prewound bobbins into shuttles or onto spindles or loupers of stitching machines.
• Removes and examines shoe parts and design to verify conformance to specifications.
• Reads shoe part tags to identify appropriate instruction cassette and style and color of thread.
• Cuts excess thread or material from shoe part, using scissors or knife.
• Guides shoe into feeding mechanism that attaches, stitches, joins, or reinforces shoe parts, according to instructions.
• Selects and inserts specified cassettes into consoles of stitching machine to stitch decorative designs onto shoe parts.
• Aligns parts to be stitched, following seams, edges, or markings, and positions parts under needle.