Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
87%
(Imminent Risk)
POLLING
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LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
1.2%
by year 2033
WAGES
$45,560
or $21.90 per hour
Volume
155,880
as of 2023
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JOB SCORE
3.2/10
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- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions

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Calculated automation risk

87% (Imminent Risk)

Imminent Risk (81-100%): Occupations in this level have an extremely high likelihood of being automated in the near future. These jobs consist primarily of repetitive, predictable tasks with little need for human judgment.

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Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Manual Dexterity

  • Finger Dexterity

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What is the likelihood that Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

Growth

Slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders' job openings is expected to rise 1.2% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Wages

Low paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders' was $45,560, or $22 per hour

'Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders' were paid 5.2% lower than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 155,880 people employed as 'Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders' within the United States.

This represents around 0.10% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 974 people are employed as 'Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders'.

Job description

Set up, operate, or tend spraying or rolling machines to coat or paint any of a wide variety of products, including glassware, cloth, ceramics, metal, plastic, paper, or wood, with lacquer, silver, copper, rubber, varnish, glaze, enamel, oil, or rust-proofing materials. Includes painters of transportation vehicles such as painters in auto body repair facilities.

SOC Code: 51-9124.00

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