Extruding & drawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic

Detailed Occupation

2017 Workforce

12.2k

Average Age

41.9

Estimated Job Growth

0.821%

10-year projection

Average Salary

$40,649

Average Male Salary

$42,503

Average Female Salary

$29,126

Employment

Employment and salary information for the Extruding & drawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic workforce. Extruding & drawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic workforce in 2017 was 12,187 people, of which 13.9% were women and 86.1% were men.

Extruding & drawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic are paid most in Schuylkill County PUMA, PA but are relatively concentrated in Three Rivers Regional Commission (Northwest)--Carroll County PUMA, GA.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

10,498

Male Workforce

± 2.52k

1,689

Female Workforce

± 1.01k

The Extruding & drawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic workforce in 2017 was 12,187 people (13.9% women and 86.1% men). This implies an average annual growth of 1.74% between 2014 (11,979) and 2017 (12,187).

Employment by Location

Level

Metric

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Extruding & drawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic.

During 2017, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were New Jersey ($74,271), Arkansas ($55,715), and Georgia ($54,283).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$40,649

AVERAGE WAGE

#302 in the ranking (2014)

$69,878

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2017, Extruding & drawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic earned an average of $40,649, $29,228 less than the average national salary of $69,878

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.26

WAGE GINI

In 2017, Extruding & drawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.26, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Extruding & drawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Extruding & drawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Extruding & drawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Extruding & drawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic is Communications but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2017 were Engineering Technologies.

Among the necessary skills for Extruding & drawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic, Operations Monitoring stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Extruding & drawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic need more than the average amount of Installation.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Extruding & drawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic in 2017 (counting all academic degrees) were Communications (138 people), Business (113 people), and Engineering Technologies (39 people).

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Education Levels

Metric

The main educational levels achieved by the Extruding & drawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic workers were High School or Equivalent (6,454 people), Some college (3,051 people), and Secondary Education (1,103 people).

The graphic shows the Extruding & drawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic workforce by gender and educational level.

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Value

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Extruding & drawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Extruding & drawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic need many skills, but most especially Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control, Quality Control Analysis.

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