Miscellaneous Plant and System Operators

This post summarizes key statistics on Miscellaneous Plant and System Operators 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	32,435
25	51,495
30	71,305
35	86,432
40	96,155
45	81,029
50	81,029
55	87,323
60	80,752
65	79,303

EDUCATION	Share
Less Than High School Degree	5.3
High School Degree	41.0
Some College, No Degree	25.1
Associate's Degree	15.2
Bachelor's Degree	11.8
Master's Degree	1.4
Professional Degree (eg MD, PharmD, JD, etc)	0.1
PhD	0.0

Hours Worked	Share
0-20	1.80
20-39	1.80
39-41	45.80
41-50	33.60
50-60	9.20
More than 60	7.90

Income Over Career

This chart provides the median income by age for Miscellaneous Plant and System Operators.

Ten Most Common Industries

Share	Income	Industry
20.30	113,291	Petroleum refining
15.80	89,672	Gas and steam supply systems
9.00	85,517	Industrial and miscellaneous chemicals
6.30	87,960	Oil and gas extraction
6.00	73,715	All construction
3.40	64,824	Nonmetallic mining and quarrying, except fuels
2.40	73,715	Cement, concrete, gypsum, and plaster products
2.10	64,748	Petroleum products
2.00	70,225	Hospitals
1.90	43,216	Water supply and irrigation

This table highlights the top industries people working as Miscellaneous Plant and System Operators work in, and how much they earn in each industry.

Education Distribution

This chart shows the maximal educational attainment of people working as Miscellaneous Plant and System Operators. Its meant to give a sense of the credentials required to work in this Occupation.

Ten Most Common Majors

Share	Major	Median Income
86.70	No 4-Year Degree	73,300
0.90	Business Management and Administration	122,167
0.80	Criminal Justice and Fire Protection	75,744
0.60	Plant Science and Agronomy	96,512
0.60	Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering	122,167
0.60	Sociology	82,393
0.60	General Business	91,833
0.40	Environmental Science	96,155
0.40	Accounting	82,393
0.30	Computer and Information Systems	70,312

This table highlights the top majors people working as Miscellaneous Plant and System Operators 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 Plant and System Operators. Its meant to provide a sense of the work-life balance one should expect from this Occupation.

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