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
Southeast Minnesota 12033$20.78/hr$1.04/hr$13.69/hr$16.06/hr$20.39/hr$24.75/hr$29.52/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
Manufacturing100$20.00/hr
Construction20$22.21/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
Occupation
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OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic510$20.24/hr-0.6%
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic380$17.79/hr4.1%
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic320$20.58/hr9.9%
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders200$21.15/hr-11.7%
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing200$17.00/hr7.7%
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, & Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, &Tenders, Metal & Plastic80$18.67/hr-2.8%
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood30$18.28/hr4.1%
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticN/AN/AN/A
Cementing and Gluing Machine Operators and TendersN/AN/AN/A
Etchers and EngraversN/AN/AN/A
Tasks for Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders