Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic

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2017 Workforce

150k

Average Age

42.6

Average Salary

$35,084

Average Male Salary

$36,447

Average Female Salary

$28,045

About

Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic are most often employed by the Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing industry. The average yearly wage for Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic was $35,084 in 2017.

The locations that employ the most Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic are Mercer, Defiance, Williams, Van Wert & Paulding Counties PUMA, OH, Ionia, Montcalm, Mecosta & Osceola Counties PUMA, MI, and Erie & Huron Counties PUMA, OH. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic are Kosciusko & Marshall Counties PUMA, IN, Bluegrass Area Development District (Southeast) PUMA, KY, and Trumbull County (South Central)--Warren & Niles Cities PUMA, OH.

Production Occupations Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations

Employment

Employment and salary information for the Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic workforce. Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic workforce in 2017 was 150,345 people, of which 16.2% were women and 83.8% were men.

Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic are paid most in Hamilton County (North)--Soddy-Daisy city PUMA, TN but are relatively concentrated in Kosciusko & Marshall Counties PUMA, IN.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

125,966

Male Workforce

± 8.71k

24,379

Female Workforce

± 3.83k

The Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic workforce in 2017 was 150,345 people (16.2% women and 83.8% men). This implies an average annual growth of −2.35% between 2014 (153,965) and 2017 (150,345).

Employment by Location

Level

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic.

During 2017, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Maryland ($70,959), Alaska ($67,378), and New Mexico ($52,141).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$35,084

AVERAGE WAGE

#345 in the ranking (2014)

$69,878

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2017, Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic earned an average of $35,084, $34,793 less than the average national salary of $69,878

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.307

WAGE GINI

In 2017, Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.307, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Machine tool cutting 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 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic and on wages for those in the field. Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing is the industry that employs the most Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic, by average wage, is Support activities for mining ($73,374).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

150k

2017 Workforce

± 9,515

−2.4%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 9.11%

This graphic shows the share of Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic employed by various industries. Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing employs the largest share of Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic at 43.8%, followed by Miscellaneous fabricated metal products manufacturing with 20.2% and Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing with 18.4%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic in the US. The workforce of Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic in 2017 was 150,345 people, with 16.2% woman, and 83.8% men. The average age of male Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic in the workforce is 42.3 and of female Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic is 44.2, and the most common race/ethnicity for Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic in 2017 was 150,345 people, with 16.2% woman, and 83.8% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 45 to 49 years (19,248 people), 50 to 54 years (19,026 people), and 55 to 59 years (17,188 people). Among them they concentrated 37% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2017, 18.6% of Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic workers were Hispanic and 81.4% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (72.2%), Puerto Rican (8.74)%, and Salvadoran (3.57)%

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Races

In 2017, 77.1% of the Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic workforce were White, of which 15.7% were women and 84.3% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (10.1%) and Other (6.87%).

Education & Skills

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

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 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic in 2017 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (1,284 people), Education (557 people), and Engineering Technologies (462 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic workers were High School or Equivalent (76,658 people), Some college (30,653 people), and Secondary Education (21,445 people).

The graphic shows the Machine tool cutting setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic workforce by gender and educational level.