As of 2021 there were 19,690 people employed as Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic within the United States.
This represents around 0.014% of the employed workforce across the country.
Put another way, around 1 in 7 thousand people are employed as Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.