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
EDR 7W- Central 17017$19.32/hr$0.60/hr$15.69/hr$16.80/hr$18.66/hr$21.86/hr$24.42/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
Manufacturing170$18.64/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  - 
EDR 9 - South Central 310 $21.97/hr N/A
EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 310 $21.35/hr N/A
EDR 7W- Central 170 $18.66/hr N/A
EDR 4 - West Central 100 $23.11/hr N/A
EDR 10 - Southeast 50 $19.44/hr N/A
EDR 6E- Southwest Central 30 $18.18/hr N/A
EDR 3 - Arrowhead 10 $19.48/hr N/A
EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley N/A N/A N/A
EDR 7E- East Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 8 - Southwest N/A N/A N/A
EDR 1 - Northwest N/A N/A N/A
EDR 2 - Headwaters N/A N/A N/A
EDR 5 - North Central N/A N/A N/A
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