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
EDR 4 - West Central 9037$19.38/hr$1.01/hr$14.03/hr$16.31/hr$18.71/hr$22.05/hr$24.36/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.


Other Regional Data For Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 420 $20.43/hr N/A
EDR 10 - Southeast 180 $16.11/hr N/A
EDR 5 - North Central 130 $15.77/hr N/A
EDR 3 - Arrowhead 120 $22.27/hr N/A
EDR 9 - South Central 120 $18.49/hr N/A
EDR 4 - West Central 90 $18.71/hr N/A
EDR 7W- Central 60 $17.81/hr N/A
EDR 1 - Northwest N/A N/A N/A
EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley N/A N/A N/A
EDR 6E- Southwest Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 8 - Southwest N/A N/A N/A
EDR 2 - Headwaters N/A N/A N/A
EDR 7E- East Central N/A N/A N/A
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Tasks for Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders