DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

51-7041 Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

Occupational Description:
Set up, operate, or tend wood sawing machines. May operate computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment. Includes lead sawyers. Workers who primarily program or operate CNC equipment are classified in ?Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators and Programmers? (51-9160).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Northwest Minnesota 7017$19.10/hr$1.24/hr$12.30/hr$14.33/hr$19.24/hr$23.26/hr$27.55/hr
Minnesota 67086$18.49/hr$0.46/hr$12.93/hr$15.70/hr$18.34/hr$21.68/hr$24.28/hr
U S 50,7301,218$15.69/hr$0.09/hr$10.32/hr$12.35/hr$14.84/hr$18.43/hr$22.77/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Manufacturing70$19.24/hr
Other Regional Data For Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 260 $17.99/hr 5.7%
Central Minnesota 210 $20.17/hr 7.4%
Northwest Minnesota 70 $19.24/hr 0.0%
Northeast Minnesota 70 $14.06/hr -9.0%
Southwest Minnesota 40 $18.93/hr 6.0%
Southeast Minnesota 30 $18.28/hr 4.1%
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EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
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Tasks for Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood