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1. Automation Risk
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3. Growth
4. Wages
5. Volume
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Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

3.2/10 job score
AUTOMATION RISK
97%
risk level
POLLING
GROWTH
4.2%
by 2031
WAGES
$37,660
or $18.10 hourly
VOLUME
56,570
as of 2021
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What is the risk of automation?

We calculate this occupation to have an automation risk score of 97% (You are doomed)

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What do you think the risk of automation is?

How likely do you think this occupation will be taken over by robots/AI within the next 20 years?

How quickly is this occupation growing?

The number of 'Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders' job openings is expected to rise 4.2% by 2031
'Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders' is expected to be an average growing occupation in comparison to other occupations.
* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2021 and 2031.
Updated projections are due Sep 2023.

What are the median wages for 'Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders' in the United States?

In 2021 the median annual wage for 'Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders' was $37,660, or $18.10 hourly
'Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders' are paid 17.7% lower than the national median wage, which stands at $45,760
* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

How many people are employed as extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders?

As of 2021 there were 56,570 people employed as Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders within the United States.
This represents around 0.04% of the employed workforce across the country.
Put another way, around 1 in 2 thousand people are employed as Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders.

Job description

Set up, operate, or tend machines, such as glass-forming machines, plodder machines, and tuber machines, to shape and form products such as glassware, food, rubber, soap, brick, tile, clay, wax, tobacco, or cosmetics.

SOC Code: 51-9041.00

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