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
Southeast Minnesota 18077$17.24/hr$0.72/hr$12.29/hr$13.93/hr$16.11/hr$19.65/hr$24.25/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
Manufacturing160$16.76/hr
Other Regional Data For Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 420 $20.43/hr 5.1%
Northwest Minnesota 270 $17.79/hr 6.3%
Southeast Minnesota 180 $16.11/hr N/A
Southwest Minnesota 160 $18.42/hr 4.8%
Northeast Minnesota 120 $22.27/hr -1.1%
Central Minnesota 110 $19.25/hr 8.0%
Related Occupations
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OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic320$20.58/hr9.9%
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic250$19.18/hrN/A
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders200$21.15/hr-11.7%
Machine Feeders and Offbearers80$18.22/hr10.7%
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, & Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, &Tenders, Metal & Plastic80$18.67/hr-2.8%
Cementing and Gluing Machine Operators and TendersN/AN/AN/A
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticN/AN/AN/A
Sheet Metal WorkersN/A$30.68/hr2.9%
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and TendersN/AN/AN/A
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersN/A$19.86/hr6.6%
Tasks for Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders