Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

This post summarizes key statistics on Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic using nationally representative data. These statistics include education attainment distributions, income over the career, most common majors, and more.

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Income Over Career
Top Industries
Education Distribution
Top Majors
Weekly Hours Distribution

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Age	IncMed
20	32,661
25	44,957
30	41,403
35	43,216
40	52,167
45	59,862
50	49,332
55	56,646
60	50,345
65	61,083

EDUCATION	Share
Less Than High School Degree	11.8
High School Degree	53.1
Some College, No Degree	25.8
Associate's Degree	5.1
Bachelor's Degree	4.0
Master's Degree	0.3
Professional Degree (eg MD, PharmD, JD, etc)	0.0
PhD	0.0

Hours Worked	Share
0-20	1.80
20-39	5.20
39-41	57.00
41-50	26.20
50-60	8.10
More than 60	1.70

Income Over Career

This chart provides the median income by age for Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.

Ten Most Common Industries

Share	Income	Industry
16.70	49,436	Miscellaneous plastics products
12.60	47,631	Motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment
11.10	57,838	Blast furnaces, steelworks, rolling and finishing mills
7.00	50,995	Machinery, except electrical, n.e.c.
5.70	48,866	Miscellaneous fabricated metal products
5.20	34,023	Ship and boat building and repairing
4.80	51,066	Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies, n.e.c.
3.60	45,363	Fabricated structural metal products
3.50	43,094	Aircraft and parts
3.10	49,436	Metal forgings and stampings

This table highlights the top industries people working as Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic work in, and how much they earn in each industry.

Education Distribution

This chart shows the maximal educational attainment of people working as Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its meant to give a sense of the credentials required to work in this Occupation.

Ten Most Common Majors

Share	Major	Median Income
95.70	No 4-Year Degree	48,617
1.00	Business Management and Administration	45,476
0.30	Computer and Information Systems	68,044
0.20	Biology	66,945
0.20	Physical Fitness, Parks, Recreation, and Leisure	41,197
0.20	Geology and Earth Science	28,465
0.20	Drama and Theater Arts	139,039
0.20	Studio Arts	20,084
0.20	Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration	97,236
0.10	General Agriculture	62,663

This table highlights the top majors people working as Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic received, and how earnings vary by major.

Weekly Hours Distribution

This chart shows the distribution of typical weekly work hours of people working as Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its meant to provide a sense of the work-life balance one should expect from this Occupation.

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