Occupational Employment and Wages, November 2004

51-7042 Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing

Set up, operate, or tend woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, and wood nailing machines.

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)
90,900 2.1 % $11.58 $24,090 0.6 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median)
75% 90%
Hourly Wage $7.61 $9.02 $11.04 $13.53 $16.57
Annual Wage (2) $15,830 $18,770 $22,960 $28,150 $34,460

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage
Other wood product manufacturing 31,600 $11.23 $23,350
Household and institutional furniture mfg. 22,630 $11.38 $23,670
Plywood and engineered wood product mfg. 9,490 $11.63 $24,190
Sawmills and wood preservation 7,290 $11.68 $24,300
Office furniture and fixtures manufacturing 6,310 $12.16 $25,280

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage
Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills (7) $17.03 $35,410
Building finishing contractors 620 $16.22 $33,730
Plastics product manufacturing 90 $14.21 $29,550
Other support activities for transportation 40 $14.15 $29,440
Other miscellaneous store retailers (7) $14.06 $29,240

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
Oregon 3,530 $14.31 $29,770 0.224%
Vermont 650 $11.46 $23,830 0.219%
North Dakota 640 $12.32 $25,630 0.197%
Mississippi 2,050 $10.37 $21,580 0.186%
North Carolina 6,920 $11.26 $23,430 0.184%

Top paying States for this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of State employment
Connecticut 360 $14.65 $30,480 0.022%
Oregon 3,530 $14.31 $29,770 0.224%
Massachusetts 750 $14.12 $29,360 0.024%
Washington 2,800 $13.50 $28,080 0.107%
Colorado 750 $13.36 $27,780 0.035%

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 1,940 $12.01 $24,980 1.201%
Medford-Ashland, OR MSA 630 $15.01 $31,230 0.810%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN MSA 1,020 $12.38 $25,740 0.810%
Wausau, WI MSA 410 $11.03 $22,930 0.600%
Eugene-Springfield, OR MSA 600 $14.18 $29,490 0.424%

Top paying Metropolitan areas for this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of MSA employment
Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI MSA 40 $16.79 $34,920 0.020%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA 260 $16.68 $34,690 0.172%
San Francisco, CA PMSA 110 $16.34 $33,980 0.012%
Worcester, MA-CT PMSA 60 $15.99 $33,270 0.026%
Colorado Springs, CO MSA 50 $15.99 $33,250 0.021%

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