Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
(Except Sawing)

AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
96%
risk level
POLLING
64%
Based on 35 votes
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
3.2%
by year 2032
WAGES
$36,830
or $17.71 per hour
Volume
63,680
as of 2022
SUMMARY
JOB SCORE
2.3/10

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Automation risk

96% (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

  • Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions

User poll

64% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted that it's probable this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 96% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

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






Growth

Slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing' job openings is expected to rise 3.2% 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

Very low paid relative to other professions

In 2022, the median annual wage for 'Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing' was $36,830, or $17 per hour

'Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing' were paid 20.5% lower than the national median wage, which stood at $46,310

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Moderate range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2022 there were 63,680 people employed as 'Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing' within the United States.

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

Put another way, around 1 in 2 thousand people are employed as 'Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing'.

Job description

Set up, operate, or tend woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, and wood nailing machines. May operate computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment.

SOC Code: 51-7042.00

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