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
Southwest Balance of State4010$24.70/hr$3.41/hr$16.57/hr$18.59/hr$27.29/hr$30.21/hr$31.98/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
Manufacturing40$27.29/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
St Cloud MN MSA 40 $20.57/hr N/A
Southwest Balance of State 40 $27.29/hr N/A
Rochester MN MSA 30 $19.84/hr N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
Northeast Balance of State N/A N/A N/A
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OESProjections
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Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, & Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, &Tenders, Metal & Plastic120$16.31/hrN/A
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic120$19.95/hrN/A
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic90$21.23/hrN/A
Machine Feeders and Offbearers80$17.63/hrN/A
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders50$24.66/hrN/A
Cementing and Gluing Machine Operators and Tenders20$15.82/hrN/A
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticN/AN/AN/A
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersN/AN/AN/A
Sheet Metal WorkersN/AN/AN/A
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and TendersN/AN/AN/A
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Tasks for Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders