DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

51-9012 Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Occupational Description:
Set up, operate, or tend continuous flow or vat-type equipment; filter presses; shaker screens; centrifuges; condenser tubes; precipitating, fermenting, or evaporating tanks; scrubbing towers; or batch stills. These machines extract, sort, or separate liquids, gases, or solids from other materials to recover a refined product. Includes dairy processing equipment operators. Excludes ?Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders? (51-9011).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Fargo ND-MN MSA9031$21.40/hr$0.90/hr$14.61/hr$16.88/hr$21.37/hr$26.62/hr$29.18/hr
Minnesota 1,060169$21.46/hr$0.41/hr$16.02/hr$18.03/hr$21.13/hr$24.25/hr$28.80/hr
U S 51,1601,330$22.13/hr$0.22/hr$13.03/hr$16.03/hr$20.16/hr$26.93/hr$34.54/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Manufacturing90$21.37/hr
Other Regional Data For Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Southeast Balance of State 240 $21.54/hr N/A
St Cloud MN MSA 170 $18.63/hr N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA 90 $21.37/hr N/A
Rochester MN MSA 40 $22.16/hr N/A
Northwest Balance of State 40 $22.07/hr N/A
Southwest Balance of State 40 $19.13/hr N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA N/A N/A N/A
Northeast Balance of State N/A N/A N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA N/A $20.99/hr N/A
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