Occupational Employment and Wages, November 2004

51-4021 Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Set up, operate, or tend machines to extrude or draw thermoplastic or metal materials into tubes, rods, hoses, wire, bars, or structural shapes.

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)
90,060 2.0 % $13.64 $28,370 0.5 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median)
75% 90%
Hourly Wage $8.93 $10.72 $13.22 $16.19 $19.27
Annual Wage (2) $18,570 $22,290 $27,500 $33,670 $40,090

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 32,700 $12.93 $26,880
Other nonferrous metal production 6,320 $14.80 $30,790
Other electrical equipment and component mfg. 4,660 $14.27 $29,680
Steel product mfg. from purchased steel 4,060 $15.27 $31,760
Alumina and aluminum production 3,600 $13.59 $28,270

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage
Federal government (OES designation) 30 $21.11 $43,910
Boiler, tank, and shipping container mfg. 670 $18.53 $38,540
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing 120 $17.90 $37,220
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing (7) $17.73 $36,880
Other specialty trade contractors (7) $17.60 $36,600

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
Indiana 5,870 $14.24 $29,620 0.204%
West Virginia 1,350 $13.05 $27,150 0.195%
Arkansas 1,840 $13.36 $27,780 0.162%
Michigan 6,540 $13.06 $27,160 0.151%
Tennessee 3,850 $12.69 $26,400 0.144%

Top paying States for this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of State employment
Rhode Island (7) $15.88 $33,020 (7)
Washington 1,220 $15.55 $32,350 0.047%
Connecticut 1,520 $15.50 $32,250 0.093%
Pennsylvania 5,650 $15.34 $31,900 0.102%
South Carolina 2,100 $15.16 $31,540 0.117%

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
Elkhart-Goshen, IN MSA 770 $13.62 $28,330 0.612%
Sheboygan, WI MSA 330 $14.17 $29,470 0.548%
Sherman-Denison, TX MSA 190 $13.69 $28,470 0.450%
Fort Wayne, IN MSA 1,120 $15.14 $31,490 0.431%
Lafayette, IN MSA 300 $13.23 $27,530 0.348%

Top paying Metropolitan areas for this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of MSA employment
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, CA PMSA 150 $21.99 $45,730 0.080%
Newburgh, NY-PA PMSA 170 $18.93 $39,360 0.122%
Gary, IN PMSA 90 $18.63 $38,750 0.036%
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI MSA 420 $18.01 $37,470 0.208%
Reading, PA MSA 500 $17.89 $37,210 0.305%

About November 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) Estimate not released.

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Last Modified Date: November 9, 2005