Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
100%
risk level
POLLING
83%
Based on 18 votes
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
-17.7 %
by year 2032
WAGES
$46,870
or $22.53 per hour
Volume
15,480
as of 2022
SUMMARY
JOB SCORE
1.3/10

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Automation risk

100% (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.

More information on what this score is, and how it is calculated is available here.

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

  • Manual Dexterity

  • Finger Dexterity

User poll

83% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted that it's very probable this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 100% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?






Growth

Very slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic' job openings is expected to decline 17.7% by 2032

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2021 and 2031
Updated projections are due 09-2023.

Wages

Low paid relative to other professions

In 2022, the median annual wage for 'Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic' was $46,870, or $22 per hour

'Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic' were paid 1.2% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $46,310

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Lower range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2022 there were 15,480 people employed as 'Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic' within the United States.

This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 9 thousand people are employed as 'Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic'.

Job description

Set up, operate, or tend milling or planing machines to mill, plane, shape, groove, or profile metal or plastic work pieces.

SOC Code: 51-4035.00

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Comments

Ec (Uncertain) says
The way these machines mess up, you've got to have someone around to fix them. Either that or a robot capable of identifying a problem and then crawling in a machine to fix it
Aug 16, 2019 at 06:50 PM

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