12. Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Median annual wage (2016): $32,870
Percentage of self-employed (2014): 1.5
Job openings due growth and replacements (2014-2024): 12,700
This job requires a knowledge of the machine you work with, and possibly a passion for cutting/slicing things, such as stone, glass, rubber, cork, tobacco, food, paper or insulating material. This category doesn’t include woodworking and textile machine setters operators and tenders, and also doesn’t include cutting, punching and press machine setters, operators, and tenders.
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