Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters

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2019 Workforce

423k

Average Age

43.1

Average Salary

$40,025

Average Male Salary

$41,613

Average Female Salary

$34,912

About

Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters are most often employed by the Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing industry. The average yearly wage for Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters was $40,025 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters by wage are Medical, dental, & ophthalmic laboratory technicians, Automotive glass installers & repairers, and Gaming services workers.

Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters are part of the Production Occupations, along with Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers, Electrical, electronics, & electromechanical assemblers, Engine & other machine assemblers, Structural metal fabricators & fitters, Other assemblers and fabricators, and 55 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters are Ottawa County (West) PUMA, MI, Waterbury Town PUMA, CT, and Lancaster, Chesterfield & Marlboro Counties PUMA, SC. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters are Waterbury Town PUMA, CT, Detroit City (Northeast) PUMA, MI, and Howell, Texas, Wright, Douglas, Oregon, Ozark & Shannon Counties PUMA, MO.

Production Occupations Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations

Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters and on wages and locations for those in the field. Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing is the industry that employs the most Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters, by average wage, is National security & international affairs. Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters are paid most in Portage Park, Dunning & Jefferson Park PUMA, IL but are relatively concentrated in Waterbury Town PUMA, CT.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$40,025

AVERAGE SALARY

± $1,052

In 2019, Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters earned an average of $40,025, $15,499 less than than the average national salary of $55,524.

Medical, dental, & ophthalmic laboratory technicians make somewhat more than Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters while Gaming services workers make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.282

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.282, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters, by number of employees, are Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing, Plastics product manufacturing, Machine shops; turned product; screw, nut & bolt manufacturing , Machinery manufacturing, n.e.c. or not specified, Miscellaneous fabricated metal products manufacturing, Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing, Aircraft & parts manufacturing, Electronic component & product manufacturing, n.e.c. , Electric lighting & electrical equipment manufacturing, & other electrical component manufacturing, n.e.c., Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing , and Coating, engraving, heat treating & allied activities .

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters, by average wage, are National security & international affairs, Rail transportation, and Pulp, paper, & paperboard mills .

Industries by Share

423k

2019 Workforce

± 15,942

−1.51%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 5.39%

The number of people employed as Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters has been declining at a rate of −1.51%, from 429,321 people in 2018 to 422,817 people in 2019.

This graphic shows the share of Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters employed by various industries. Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing employs the largest share of Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters at 16.6%, followed by Plastics product manufacturing with 14.2% and Machine shops; turned product; screw, nut & bolt manufacturing with 9.35%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters in the US. The average age of male Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters in the workforce is 42.9 and of female Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters is 43.9, and the most common race/ethnicity for Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

323k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 13,930

100k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 7,770

76.3% of Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters

White (Non-Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)

50.5% of Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 16.6% of Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters.

Age by Gender

42.9

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.589

43.9

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 1.06

The median age of Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters is 43.1, and Male employees are generally 1.02 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters is Business but a relatively high number of Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters hold a major in Agriculture.

Majors

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

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters need many skills, but most especially Operation Monitoring and Operation and Control. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters need more than the average amount of Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, and Equipment Selection.