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SUMMARY
High Risk
80%
(Avg. of calculated & votes)
JOB SCORE
3.7/10
CALCULATED
100%
(Imminent Risk)
POLLING
59%
(Moderate Risk)
GROWTH
by year 2033
13.0%
WAGES
$45,850
or $22.04 per hour
VOLUME
as of 2023
26,450
SNOWFLAKE
Snowflake diagram for Semiconductor Processing Technicians
DECRIPTION Perform any or all of the following functions in the manufacture of electronic semiconductors: load semiconductor material into furnace; saw formed ingots into segments; load individual segment into crystal growing chamber and monitor controls; locate crystal axis in ingot using x-ray equipment and saw ingots into wafers; and clean, polish, and load wafers into series of special purpose furnaces, chemical baths, and equipment used to form circuitry and change conductive properties.