Miscellaneous metal workers and plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters

This post summarizes key statistics on Miscellaneous metal workers and plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters 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	30,898
25	39,093
30	43,980
35	44,342
40	46,423
45	46,346
50	47,376
55	46,964
60	47,631
65	46,346

EDUCATION	Share
Less Than High School Degree	15.0
High School Degree	50.3
Some College, No Degree	21.3
Associate's Degree	7.5
Bachelor's Degree	5.2
Master's Degree	0.6
Professional Degree (eg MD, PharmD, JD, etc)	0.0
PhD	0.1

Hours Worked	Share
0-20	1.50
20-39	4.10
39-41	65.40
41-50	20.70
50-60	6.40
More than 60	1.90

Income Over Career

This chart provides the median income by age for Miscellaneous metal workers and plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters.

Ten Most Common Industries

Share	Income	Industry
17.50	41,197	Motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment
13.60	42,124	Machinery, except electrical, n.e.c.
12.60	39,093	Miscellaneous plastics products
9.90	43,256	Miscellaneous fabricated metal products
8.90	45,202	Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies, n.e.c.
5.80	54,020	Blast furnaces, steelworks, rolling and finishing mills
4.50	46,346	Fabricated structural metal products
3.80	51,495	Aircraft and parts
2.30	48,617	Metalworking machinery
1.70	48,866	Primary aluminum industries

This table highlights the top industries people working as Miscellaneous metal workers and plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters work in, and how much they earn in each industry.

Education Distribution

This chart shows the maximal educational attainment of people working as Miscellaneous metal workers and plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters. Its meant to give a sense of the credentials required to work in this Occupation.

Ten Most Common Majors

Share	Major	Median Income
94.10	No 4-Year Degree	43,980
0.50	Business Management and Administration	48,866
0.30	General Business	52,723
0.30	Accounting	41,197
0.20	Computer Science	42,136
0.20	General Education	37,994
0.20	Mechanical Engineering	39,002
0.20	Biology	45,363
0.20	Multi-disciplinary or General Science	39,137
0.20	Psychology	41,197

This table highlights the top majors people working as Miscellaneous metal workers and plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters received, and how earnings vary by major.

Weekly Hours Distribution

This chart shows the distribution of typical weekly work hours of people working as Miscellaneous metal workers and plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters. Its meant to provide a sense of the work-life balance one should expect from this Occupation.

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