Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2004

51-6091 Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers

Set up, operate, or tend machines that extrude and form continuous filaments from synthetic materials, such as liquid polymer, rayon, and fiberglass.

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
State profile for this occupation
Metropolitan area profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1) Employment
RSE (3)
Mean hourly
wage
Mean annual
wage (2)
Wage RSE (3)
23,040 6.9 % $13.71 $28,520 1.3 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median)
75% 90%
Hourly Wage $9.08 $10.99 $13.37 $16.20 $19.25
Annual Wage (2) $18,900 $22,870 $27,800 $33,690 $40,040

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage
Plastics product manufacturing 5,160 $13.12 $27,280
Resin, rubber, and artificial fibers mfg. 3,850 $15.87 $33,020
Fabric mills 2,680 $14.25 $29,640
Glass and glass product manufacturing 1,840 $14.89 $30,960
Fiber, yarn, and thread mills 1,820 $11.88 $24,700

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage
Resin, rubber, and artificial fibers mfg. 3,850 $15.87 $33,020
Glass and glass product manufacturing 1,840 $14.89 $30,960
Basic chemical manufacturing 70 $14.80 $30,770
Fabric mills 2,680 $14.25 $29,640
Other nonmetallic mineral products 700 $14.12 $29,360

State profile for this occupation: Top

States with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of State employment
Alabama 1,840 $11.95 $24,860 0.101%
Tennessee 2,460 $15.48 $32,200 0.093%
South Carolina 1,640 $14.57 $30,300 0.093%
Vermont 210 $14.12 $29,360 0.072%
North Carolina 2,050 $13.50 $28,090 0.055%

Top paying States for this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of State employment
Iowa 240 $19.39 $40,330 0.017%
Kansas 110 $16.74 $34,810 0.008%
New Jersey 360 $15.64 $32,540 0.009%
Tennessee 2,460 $15.48 $32,200 0.093%
Pennsylvania 1,040 $15.30 $31,820 0.019%

Metropolitan area profile for this occupation: Top

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of MSA employment
Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC MSA 360 $12.09 $25,140 0.223%
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC MSA 850 $15.72 $32,690 0.183%
Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA 320 $15.97 $33,210 0.143%
Greensboro—Winston-Salem—High Point, NC MS 540 $15.02 $31,250 0.085%
Lowell, MA-NH PMSA 100 $13.08 $27,200 0.082%

Top paying Metropolitan areas for this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of MSA employment
Pittsburgh, PA MSA (7) $18.99 $39,490 (7)
Newark, NJ PMSA (7) $16.90 $35,150 (7)
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA MSA (7) $16.20 $33,700 (7)
Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA 320 $15.97 $33,210 0.143%
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC MSA 850 $15.72 $32,690 0.183%

About May 2004 National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in every State and the District of Columbia. The top five employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable Excel files(XLS).

Percentile wage estimates show the percentage of workers in an occupation that earn less than a given wage and the percentage that earn more. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.


(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

(7) Estimates not released.

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Last Modified Date: June 02, 2005