DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

51-9032 Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Occupational Description:
Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut or slice materials, such as glass, stone, cork, rubber, tobacco, food, paper, or insulating material. Excludes ?Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic? (51-4031), ?Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders? (51-6062), and ?Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders? (51-7040).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Central Minnesota 46025$21.15/hr$0.91/hr$14.50/hr$17.70/hr$22.04/hr$24.45/hr$25.97/hr
Minnesota 1,730156$20.63/hr$0.62/hr$14.11/hr$16.87/hr$20.65/hr$23.81/hr$26.26/hr
U S 57,9601,391$17.93/hr$0.09/hr$12.03/hr$14.09/hr$17.36/hr$21.43/hr$25.12/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Manufacturing450$22.29/hr
Other Regional Data For Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 620 $19.59/hr -0.9%
Central Minnesota 460 $22.04/hr 8.2%
Northwest Minnesota 330 $21.55/hr 4.4%
Southwest Minnesota 240 $19.04/hr 4.0%
Southeast Minnesota 120 $20.39/hr 4.5%
Northeast Minnesota N/A N/A N/A
Related Occupations
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OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic880$18.18/hr4.7%
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic780$19.15/hr2.2%
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic450$18.17/hr7.4%
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, & Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, &Tenders, Metal & Plastic410$17.33/hr2.3%
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing370$17.25/hr7.9%
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood210$20.17/hr7.4%
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders170$19.67/hr5.2%
Cementing and Gluing Machine Operators and Tenders30$15.99/hrN/A
Etchers and EngraversN/AN/AN/A
Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersN/AN/AN/A
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticN/AN/AN/A
Tasks for Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders