DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

51-7042 Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing

Occupational Description:
Set up, operate, or tend woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, and wood nailing machines. May operate computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment. 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
Southeast Minnesota 20038$18.68/hr$1.15/hr$11.77/hr$13.91/hr$17.00/hr$22.17/hr$26.82/hr
Minnesota N/AN/A$17.94/hr$0.29/hr$12.82/hr$14.79/hr$17.50/hr$21.07/hr$24.31/hr
U S 78,8502,287$15.70/hr$0.08/hr$10.45/hr$12.41/hr$15.12/hr$18.43/hr$22.39/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Manufacturing180$16.98/hr
Other Regional Data For Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Central Minnesota 370 $17.25/hr N/A
Northwest Minnesota 310 $15.45/hr N/A
Southeast Minnesota 200 $17.00/hr N/A
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN N/A $18.24/hr N/A
Southwest Minnesota N/A $18.09/hr N/A
Northeast Minnesota N/A N/A N/A
Related Occupations
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OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2020 - 2030
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic510$20.24/hr-2.9%
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic320$20.58/hr6.0%
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, & Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, &Tenders, Metal & Plastic80$18.67/hr-1.8%
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood30$18.28/hr3.8%
Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic20$18.66/hrN/A
Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticN/AN/AN/A
Tool Grinders, Filers, and SharpenersN/AN/AN/A
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticN/A$15.76/hrN/A
Tasks for Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing