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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2018
51-9032 Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut or slice materials, such as glass, stone, cork, rubber, tobacco, food, paper, or insulating material. Excludes "Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders" (51-7040), "Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic" (51-4031), and "Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders" (51-6062).
National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation
National estimates for this occupation: Top
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 60,840 |
2.2 % |
$17.16 |
$35,700 |
0.5 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$11.33 |
$13.46 |
$16.64 |
$20.41 |
$24.16 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$23,570 |
$27,990 |
$34,620 |
$42,450 |
$50,250 |
Industry profile for this occupation: Top
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
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Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing |
12,270 |
2.95 |
$16.88 |
$35,100 |
| Converted Paper Product Manufacturing |
9,450 |
3.50 |
$18.90 |
$39,310 |
| Printing and Related Support Activities |
5,560 |
1.28 |
$17.23 |
$35,850 |
| Plastics Product Manufacturing |
4,760 |
0.81 |
$16.36 |
$34,030 |
| Rubber Product Manufacturing |
3,710 |
2.75 |
$17.54 |
$36,480 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing |
260 |
7.60 |
$15.70 |
$32,660 |
| Converted Paper Product Manufacturing |
9,450 |
3.50 |
$18.90 |
$39,310 |
| Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing |
12,270 |
2.95 |
$16.88 |
$35,100 |
| Rubber Product Manufacturing |
3,710 |
2.75 |
$17.54 |
$36,480 |
| Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills |
1,670 |
1.81 |
$22.55 |
$46,900 |
Top paying industries for this occupation:
Geographic profile for this occupation: Top
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
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States with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
5,150 |
0.30 |
0.72 |
$17.22 |
$35,820 |
| Texas |
4,090 |
0.34 |
0.80 |
$15.49 |
$32,220 |
| Ohio |
3,440 |
0.63 |
1.51 |
$17.08 |
$35,530 |
| North Carolina |
3,430 |
0.78 |
1.86 |
$16.62 |
$34,560 |
| Wisconsin |
2,700 |
0.95 |
2.26 |
$18.55 |
$38,590 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| South Dakota |
690 |
1.62 |
3.86 |
$17.61 |
$36,630 |
| Vermont |
310 |
1.02 |
2.43 |
$18.09 |
$37,630 |
| Wisconsin |
2,700 |
0.95 |
2.26 |
$18.55 |
$38,590 |
| Alabama |
1,720 |
0.89 |
2.11 |
$16.36 |
$34,030 |
| Nebraska |
820 |
0.84 |
2.00 |
$17.51 |
$36,410 |
Top paying States for this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Maine |
330 |
0.55 |
1.31 |
$22.04 |
$45,850 |
| Rhode Island |
100 |
0.21 |
0.50 |
$20.67 |
$43,000 |
| Iowa |
890 |
0.58 |
1.38 |
$20.11 |
$41,830 |
| Idaho |
300 |
0.42 |
1.00 |
$19.72 |
$41,020 |
| Minnesota |
1,940 |
0.68 |
1.61 |
$19.55 |
$40,660 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
2,100 |
0.22 |
0.53 |
$17.23 |
$35,840 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
1,950 |
0.32 |
0.76 |
$16.75 |
$34,840 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
1,870 |
0.40 |
0.96 |
$16.20 |
$33,700 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
1,550 |
0.43 |
1.03 |
$16.15 |
$33,590 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
1,470 |
0.52 |
1.23 |
$16.66 |
$34,650 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
1,120 |
0.42 |
0.99 |
$18.54 |
$38,560 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
1,050 |
0.54 |
1.27 |
$19.14 |
$39,810 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
950 |
0.34 |
0.82 |
$18.64 |
$38,770 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
900 |
0.45 |
1.08 |
$20.08 |
$41,760 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN |
690 |
0.64 |
1.53 |
$16.79 |
$34,920 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC |
590 |
3.81 |
9.06 |
$17.23 |
$35,850 |
| Wausau, WI |
200 |
2.81 |
6.69 |
$20.74 |
$43,130 |
| Elkhart-Goshen, IN |
320 |
2.31 |
5.49 |
$12.77 |
$26,560 |
| Gettysburg, PA |
70 |
2.18 |
5.18 |
$18.84 |
$39,190 |
| Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ |
130 |
2.13 |
5.07 |
$16.14 |
$33,560 |
| Oshkosh-Neenah, WI |
190 |
2.07 |
4.91 |
$22.27 |
$46,330 |
| Asheville, NC |
400 |
2.03 |
4.84 |
$15.28 |
$31,770 |
| Glens Falls, NY |
100 |
1.90 |
4.52 |
$19.14 |
$39,810 |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK |
200 |
1.88 |
4.47 |
$17.45 |
$36,290 |
| Morristown, TN |
80 |
1.87 |
4.45 |
$15.73 |
$32,730 |
United States Department of Labor
