DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

51-9041 Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Occupational Description:
Set up, operate, or tend machines, such as glass-forming machines, plodder machines, and tuber machines, to shape and form products such as glassware, food, rubber, soap, brick, tile, clay, wax, tobacco, or cosmetics. Excludes ?Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders? (51-6042) and ?Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders? (51-9196).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Rochester MN MSA308$21.37/hr$1.00/hr$16.11/hr$17.50/hr$19.84/hr$25.69/hr$29.57/hr
Minnesota 1,200178$20.01/hr$0.54/hr$13.69/hr$15.86/hr$19.10/hr$23.57/hr$28.59/hr
U S 71,8501,581$18.16/hr$0.11/hr$12.18/hr$14.16/hr$17.31/hr$21.60/hr$26.11/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Manufacturing30$19.83/hr
Other Regional Data For Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA 570 $18.95/hr N/A
Southeast Balance of State 300 $17.03/hr N/A
Northwest Balance of State 200 $17.79/hr N/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA 110 $22.66/hr N/A
Southwest Balance of State 40 $27.29/hr N/A
St Cloud MN MSA 40 $20.57/hr N/A
Rochester MN MSA 30 $19.84/hr N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA 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
Northeast Balance of State N/A N/A N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
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OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders100$20.41/hrN/A
Machine Feeders and OffbearersN/AN/AN/A
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticN/AN/AN/A
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersN/AN/AN/A
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, & Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, &Tenders, Metal & PlasticN/A$18.29/hrN/A
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticN/AN/AN/A
Sheet Metal WorkersN/A$28.11/hrN/A
Tasks for Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders