| | SOC
code | minimum
education | growth
outlook | current
workers | salary
entry | salary
all |
|---|
| Architectural and Civil Drafters | 17-3011 | 1,2 year | 1.33 | 2,260 | $29,820 | $41,230 |
| Assemblers and Fabricators, all other | 51-2099 | mod. OJT | 0.72 | 11,670 | $16,480 | $28,150 |
| Bindery Workers | 51-5011 | short OJT | -1 | 1,570 | $15,260 | $23,340 |
| Boilermakers | 47-2011 | long OJT | 1.12 | 170 | $28,870 | $37,580 |
| Bookbinders | 51-5012 | mod. OJT | | | $21,840 | $32,330 |
| Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters | 51-7011 | long OJT | 0.15 | 7,440 | $16,620 | $23,200 |
| Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers | 49-9061 | mod. OJT | | | $18,220 | $24,710 |
| Cartographers and Photogrammetrists | 17-1021 | Bachelor | 2.07 | 220 | $31,350 | $44,090 |
| Cementing and Gluing Machine Operators and Tenders | 51-9191 | mod. OJT | -0.31 | 1,980 | $19,010 | $25,560 |
| Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders | 51-9011 | mod. OJT | -1.36 | 1,720 | $31,420 | $40,660 |
| Chemical Plant and System Operators | 51-8091 | long OJT | 0.5 | 2,140 | $32,340 | $39,020 |
| Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders | 51-9192 | mod. OJT | 1.5 | 500 | $16,090 | $20,460 |
| | SOC
code | minimum
education | growth
outlook | current
workers | salary
entry | salary
all |
|---|
| Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 51-9121 | mod. OJT | 1.08 | 4,230 | $19,740 | $26,010 |
| Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers | 51-2021 | short OJT | 0.53 | 1,460 | $20,920 | $27,290 |
| Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers | 49-9091 | mod. OJT | 1.44 | 1,430 | $19,390 | $27,870 |
| Commercial Divers | 49-9092 | mod. OJT | | | | |
| Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers | 49-2011 | 1,2 year | 1.14 | 4,570 | $23,260 | $36,030 |
| Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic | 51-4011 | mod. OJT | 1.8 | 4,250 | $22,890 | $31,650 |
| Continuous Mining Machine Operators | 47-5041 | mod. OJT | -1.17 | 90 | $27,290 | $30,440 |
| Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door | 49-9012 | mod. OJT | 0.38 | 1,030 | $24,850 | $37,630 |
| Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders | 51-9193 | mod. OJT | 1.26 | 300 | $16,130 | $22,510 |
| Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 51-9021 | mod. OJT | -0.21 | 960 | $18,420 | $25,150 |
| Cutters and Trimmers, Hand | 51-9031 | short OJT | 0.67 | 3,060 | $19,140 | $27,830 |
| | SOC
code | minimum
education | growth
outlook | current
workers | salary
entry | salary
all |
|---|
| Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 51-9032 | mod. OJT | 0.68 | 3,580 | $20,020 | $29,700 |
| Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 51-4031 | mod. OJT | 1.17 | 7,440 | $18,340 | $25,420 |
| Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas | 47-5011 | mod. OJT | | | | |
| Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 51-4032 | mod. OJT | 1.2 | 1,420 | $23,290 | $29,740 |
| Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas | 47-5021 | mod. OJT | 2.03 | 720 | $24,830 | $35,520 |
| Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers | 49-2092 | 1,2 year | 0.1 | 960 | $24,720 | $29,470 |
| Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers | 51-2022 | short OJT | -0.56 | 7,830 | $19,410 | $26,250 |
| Electrical and Electronic Equipment Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers | 49-209x | 1,2 year | 2.06 | 530 | | |
| Electrical and Electronics Drafters | 17-3012 | 1,2 year | 0.69 | 990 | $31,230 | $48,680 |
| Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment | 49-2094 | 1,2 year | 0.79 | 3,530 | $28,770 | $41,800 |
| Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation and Relay | 49-2095 | 1,2 year | 0 | 810 | | |
| | SOC
code | minimum
education | growth
outlook | current
workers | salary
entry | salary
all |
|---|
| Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers | 51-2023 | short OJT | 1.3 | 2,530 | $21,310 | $27,270 |
| Electronic Home Entertainment Equipment Installers and Repairers | 49-2097 | 1,2 year | 1.32 | 2,220 | $19,550 | $26,490 |
| Engine and Other Machine Assemblers | 51-2031 | short OJT | 1.33 | 1,060 | $21,160 | $30,500 |
| Extraction Workers, all other | 47-5099 | mod. OJT | | | | |
| Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 51-4021 | mod. OJT | 1.19 | 3,590 | $20,510 | $27,630 |
| Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers | 51-6091 | mod. OJT | -1.95 | 4,250 | $20,240 | $28,090 |
| Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 51-9041 | mod. OJT | -0.57 | 4,670 | $22,670 | $31,550 |
| Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers | 51-6092 | long OJT | -0.82 | 1,010 | $18,560 | $29,270 |
| Fabric Menders, Except Garment | 49-9093 | mod. OJT | -3.31 | 70 | $15,070 | $22,660 |
| Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators | 51-2091 | mod. OJT | 0.67 | 2,890 | $20,550 | $29,560 |
| First-Line Supervisors/ Managers of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers | 49-1011 | work exp. | 1.59 | 15,470 | $33,770 | $50,380 |
| | SOC
code | minimum
education | growth
outlook | current
workers | salary
entry | salary
all |
|---|
| First-Line Supervisors/ Managers of Production and Operating Workers | 51-1011 | work exp. | 0.38 | 29,660 | $28,790 | $44,370 |
| Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 51-4022 | mod. OJT | 1.58 | 1,000 | $18,370 | $27,570 |
| Foundry Mold and Coremakers | 51-4071 | mod. OJT | 1.31 | 360 | | |
| Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders | 51-9051 | mod. OJT | -0.19 | 1,560 | $20,380 | $28,250 |
| Furniture Finishers | 51-7021 | long OJT | -0.08 | 5,200 | $18,730 | $23,840 |
| Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators | 53-7071 | mod. OJT | 1.34 | 70 | | |
| Gas Plant Operators | 51-8092 | long OJT | 0.96 | 100 | $34,800 | $44,520 |
| Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand | 51-9022 | mod. OJT | 0.45 | 1,730 | $18,880 | $23,490 |
| Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 51-4033 | mod. OJT | 0.77 | 2,770 | $20,280 | $29,410 |
| Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors | 17-2111 | Bachelor | 1.03 | 650 | $40,140 | $59,170 |
| | SOC
code | minimum
education | growth
outlook | current
workers | salary
entry | salary
all |
|---|
| Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 51-4191 | mod. OJT | 1.1 | 780 | $19,700 | $28,420 |
| Helpers--Extraction Workers | 47-5081 | short OJT | 2.14 | 340 | $16,460 | $20,540 |
| Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers | 49-9098 | short OJT | 1.79 | 5,550 | $14,380 | $21,830 |
| Helpers--Production Workers | 51-9198 | short OJT | -0.48 | 19,050 | $15,310 | $21,990 |
| Home Appliance Repairers | 49-9031 | long OJT | 0.5 | 980 | $19,930 | $29,860 |
| Industrial Engineering Technicians | 17-3026 | Associate | 0.69 | 1,960 | $30,460 | $48,810 |
| Industrial Machinery Mechanics | 49-9041 | long OJT | -1.49 | 11,190 | $25,240 | $35,710 |
| Industrial Production Managers | 11-3051 | Bachelor | 0.25 | 6,750 | $45,970 | $76,520 |
| Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers | 51-9061 | mod. OJT | -0.6 | 25,170 | $18,050 | $27,410 |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, all other | 49-9099 | mod. OJT | 1.7 | 2,880 | $20,180 | $32,370 |
| Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 51-4034 | mod. OJT | 1.23 | 1,930 | $23,480 | $31,030 |
| | SOC
code | minimum
education | growth
outlook | current
workers | salary
entry | salary
all |
|---|
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | 51-6011 | mod. OJT | 1.52 | 5,700 | $13,420 | $17,240 |
| Lay-Out Workers, Metal and Plastic | 51-4192 | mod. OJT | 1.84 | 250 | $23,820 | $34,100 |
| Loading Machine Operators, Underground Mining | 53-7033 | mod. OJT | | | | |
| Locksmiths and Safe Repairers | 49-9094 | mod. OJT | 2.07 | 790 | $19,150 | $28,720 |
| Machine Feeders and Offbearers | 53-7063 | short OJT | -0.61 | 9,310 | $16,190 | $21,990 |
| Machinists | 51-4041 | long OJT | 1.49 | 13,060 | $21,820 | $31,890 |
| Maintenance and Repair Workers, General | 49-9042 | mod. OJT | 1.52 | 45,850 | $21,410 | $31,400 |
| Maintenance Workers, Machinery | 49-9043 | short OJT | -1.14 | 3,240 | $21,830 | $30,980 |
| Mathematical Technicians | 15-2091 | Bachelor | | | | |
| Mechanical Door Repairers | 49-9011 | mod. OJT | 1.91 | 240 | $22,710 | $30,860 |
| Mechanical Drafters | 17-3013 | 1,2 year | 1.05 | 1,460 | $32,150 | $45,280 |
| | SOC
code | minimum
education | growth
outlook | current
workers | salary
entry | salary
all |
|---|
| Mechanical Engineering Technicians | 17-3027 | Associate | 1.55 | 960 | $32,540 | $47,870 |
| Medical Equipment Repairers | 49-9062 | Associate | 2.5 | 500 | $22,420 | $33,820 |
| Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, all other | 51-4199 | mod. OJT | 0.56 | 2,080 | | |
| Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders | 51-4051 | mod. OJT | 0.87 | 330 | $26,680 | $34,480 |
| Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 51-4035 | mod. OJT | 1.06 | 900 | $19,140 | $26,850 |
| Millwrights | 49-9044 | long OJT | 1.12 | 1,860 | $26,900 | $35,510 |
| Mine Cutting and Channeling Machine Operators | 47-5042 | mod. OJT | -1.17 | 180 | $21,450 | $28,590 |
| Mining Machine Operators, all other | 47-5049 | mod. OJT | | | | |
| Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 51-9023 | mod. OJT | -0.33 | 4,640 | $19,710 | $28,490 |
| Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic | 51-9195 | mod. OJT | 0.59 | 1,640 | $18,790 | $24,240 |
| | SOC
code | minimum
education | growth
outlook | current
workers | salary
entry | salary
all |
|---|
| Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 51-4072 | mod. OJT | 1.04 | 5,070 | $17,660 | $25,210 |
| Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 51-4081 | mod. OJT | 0.87 | 2,090 | $22,510 | $30,190 |
| Nuclear Power Reactor Operators | 51-8011 | long OJT | | | | |
| Numerical Tool and Process Control Programmers | 51-4012 | long OJT | 2 | 320 | $23,740 | $33,910 |
| Occupational Health and Safety Specialists and Technicians | 29-9011 | Bachelor | 1.63 | 970 | $35,070 | $53,010 |
| Occupational Health and Safety Technicians | 29-9012 | Bachelor | 1.63 | | $24,080 | $34,960 |
| Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics | 49-3053 | mod. OJT | 1.64 | 510 | $18,110 | $26,040 |
| Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders | 51-9111 | short OJT | 1.45 | 16,410 | $15,990 | $25,550 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | 53-7064 | short OJT | 1.11 | 32,010 | $13,990 | $18,730 |
| Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 51-9196 | mod. OJT | -0.02 | 4,640 | $20,400 | $30,410 |
| | SOC
code | minimum
education | growth
outlook | current
workers | salary
entry | salary
all |
|---|
| Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic | 51-4062 | mod. OJT | 1.34 | 70 | $12,980 | $25,100 |
| Patternmakers, Wood | 51-7032 | long OJT | 0 | 120 | $25,720 | $33,770 |
| Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers | 51-8093 | long OJT | 0 | 220 | $37,300 | $45,980 |
| Plant and System Operators, all other | 51-8099 | long OJT | 0.21 | 470 | $24,930 | $37,690 |
| Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 51-4193 | mod. OJT | 0.64 | 1,220 | $20,750 | $27,080 |
| Pourers and Casters, Metal | 51-4052 | mod. OJT | -1.66 | 260 | $18,750 | $28,490 |
| Power Distributors and Dispatchers | 51-8012 | long OJT | 1.18 | 240 | $31,490 | $48,600 |
| Power Plant Operators | 51-8013 | long OJT | -3.4 | 650 | $34,830 | $47,970 |
| Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, all other | 49-9069 | long OJT | 1.38 | 340 | $29,690 | $39,150 |
| Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials | 51-6021 | short OJT | -1.34 | 4,580 | $14,500 | $18,270 |
| Production Workers, all other | 51-9199 | mod. OJT | 1.44 | 8,110 | $14,930 | $26,060 |
| | SOC
code | minimum
education | growth
outlook | current
workers | salary
entry | salary
all |
|---|
| Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers | 53-7072 | mod. OJT | 1.77 | 260 | $23,470 | $31,410 |
| Radio Mechanics | 49-2021 | 1,2 year | -3.97 | 120 | $23,360 | $35,090 |
| Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons | 49-9045 | mod. OJT | 0 | 50 | $32,590 | $41,430 |
| Riggers | 49-9096 | short OJT | 1.77 | 260 | $21,480 | $30,590 |
| Rock Splitters, Quarry | 47-5051 | mod. OJT | -2.21 | 50 | $22,660 | $25,600 |
| Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 51-4023 | mod. OJT | 0.73 | 1,060 | $24,060 | $31,000 |
| Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas | 47-5012 | mod. OJT | | | $30,780 | $35,740 |
| Roustabouts, Oil and Gas | 47-5071 | mod. OJT | | | | |
| Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood | 51-7041 | mod. OJT | -0.68 | 3,630 | $18,530 | $23,500 |
| Segmental Pavers | 47-4091 | mod. OJT | 2.92 | 150 | | |
| Semiconductor Processors | 51-9141 | Associate | | | | |
| Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 51-9012 | mod. OJT | -0.66 | 2,670 | $27,300 | $41,290 |
| Service Unit Operators, Oil, Gas, and Mining | 47-5013 | mod. OJT | | | | |
| | SOC
code | minimum
education | growth
outlook | current
workers | salary
entry | salary
all |
|---|
| Sewers, Hand | 51-6051 | short OJT | 0.54 | 540 | $12,070 | $16,290 |
| Sewing Machine Operators | 51-6031 | mod. OJT | -3.29 | 21,800 | $14,560 | $20,930 |
| Sheet Metal Workers | 47-2211 | mod. OJT | 2.08 | 7,080 | $21,210 | $29,220 |
| Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers | 51-6041 | long OJT | -0.74 | 140 | $17,300 | $21,510 |
| Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders | 51-6042 | mod. OJT | -1.81 | 60 | | |
| Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators | 51-8021 | long OJT | -0.72 | 1,290 | $23,010 | $36,800 |
| Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers | 51-6052 | long OJT | 0.28 | 1,060 | $16,130 | $22,340 |
| Team Assemblers | 51-2092 | mod. OJT | 0.32 | 47,430 | $16,950 | $24,110 |
| Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers | 49-2022 | long OJT | 0.75 | 5,010 | $28,190 | $41,790 |
| Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders | 51-6061 | mod. OJT | -5.38 | 6,070 | $18,530 | $22,590 |
| Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 51-6062 | mod. OJT | -3.14 | 3,550 | $17,910 | $23,980 |
| Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 51-6063 | long OJT | -5.24 | 12,690 | $18,850 | $24,010 |
| | SOC
code | minimum
education | growth
outlook | current
workers | salary
entry | salary
all |
|---|
| Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 51-6064 | mod. OJT | -5.13 | 17,790 | $18,850 | $22,150 |
| Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, all other | 51-6099 | short OJT | -4.12 | 6,640 | $15,360 | $21,470 |
| Timing Device Assemblers, Adjusters, and Calibrators | 51-2093 | mod. OJT | 1.41 | 600 | $19,850 | $28,110 |
| Tool and Die Makers | 51-4111 | long OJT | 0.55 | 1,940 | $29,090 | $38,870 |
| Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners | 51-4194 | mod. OJT | -0.26 | 790 | $19,810 | $29,100 |
| Upholsterers | 51-6093 | long OJT | -1.14 | 9,130 | $22,700 | $32,640 |
| Watch Repairers | 49-9064 | long OJT | 0.87 | 110 | $18,250 | $31,670 |
| Water and Liquid Waste Treatment Plant and System Operators | 51-8031 | long OJT | 1.6 | 2,790 | $23,280 | $31,430 |
| Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers | 51-4121 | long OJT | 2.13 | 9,700 | $22,490 | $30,820 |
| Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 51-4122 | mod. OJT | 1.18 | 1,040 | $23,150 | $29,820 |
| Wellhead Pumpers | 53-7073 | mod. OJT | | | | |
| Woodworkers, all other | 51-7099 | mod. OJT | -0.42 | 960 | $18,490 | $25,840 |
| Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing | 51-7042 | mod. OJT | -0.7 | 7,970 | $17,730 | $23,020 |
| | SOC
code | minimum
education | growth
outlook | current
workers | salary
entry | salary
all |
|---|
