Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood

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2020 Workforce

28.2k

Average Age

40.7

Estimated Job Growth

−6.79%

10-year projection

Average Salary

$32,420

Average Male Salary

$33,122

Average Female Salary

$27,115

About

Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood are most often employed by the Sawmills & wood preservation industry. The average yearly wage for Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood was $32,420 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood by wage are Shoe & leather workers, Office clerks, general, and Fence erectors.

Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood are part of the Production Occupations, along with Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers, Electrical, electronics, & electromechanical assemblers, Engine & other machine assemblers, Structural metal fabricators & fitters, Other assemblers and fabricators, and 55 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood are Mifflin, Union, Snyder & Juniata Counties PUMA, PA, Lawrence, Giles, Wayne, Lewis & Perry Counties PUMA, TN, and Dubois, Knox, Spencer, Perry, Pike & Crawford Counties PUMA, IN. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood are Mifflin, Union, Snyder & Juniata Counties PUMA, PA, Lawrence, Giles, Wayne, Lewis & Perry Counties PUMA, TN, and Southeast Arkansas PUMA, AR.

Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood and on wages and locations for those in the field. Sawmills & wood preservation is the industry that employs the most Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood, by average wage, is Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products . Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood are paid most in Northeast Lower Peninsula PUMA, MI but are relatively concentrated in Mifflin, Union, Snyder & Juniata Counties PUMA, PA.

Yearly Wage

$32,420

AVERAGE SALARY

± $3,865

In 2020, Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood earned an average of $32,420, $23,534 less than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Office clerks, general make somewhat more than Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood while Shoe & leather workers make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.286

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.286, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood.

Most Common

The most common industries employing Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood, by number of employees, are Sawmills & wood preservation, Miscellaneous wood products, Furniture & related product manufacturing, Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products , Logging, Construction, Building material & supplies dealers, Prefabricated wood buildings & mobile homes, Not specified manufacturing industries, Lumber & other construction materials merchant wholesalers, and Fuel dealers.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood, by average wage, are Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products , Construction, and Building material & supplies dealers.

Industries by Share

28.2k

2020 Workforce

± 4,125

−5.94%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 21.6%

The number of people employed as Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood has been declining at a rate of −5.94%, from 30,015 people in 2019 to 28,232 people in 2020.

This graphic shows the share of Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood employed by various industries. Sawmills & wood preservation employs the largest share of Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood at 36%, followed by Miscellaneous wood products with 23.4% and Furniture & related product manufacturing with 18.2%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood in the US. The average age of male Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood in the workforce is 40.8 and of female Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood is 39.4, and the most common race/ethnicity for Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

24.9k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 3,877

3.3k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 1,409

88.3% of Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood are Male, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood

White (Non-Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)

69.1% of Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 9.55% of Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood.

Age by Sex

40.8

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 2.21

39.4

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 5.82

The median age of Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood is 40.7, and Male employees are generally 1.46 years older than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood is Business but a relatively high number of Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood hold a major in Business.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

Business
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Business

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood need many skills, but most especially Operation Monitoring, Operation and Control, and Monitoring. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood need more than the average amount of Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, and Operation and Control.

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Projections

Projections on job growth for Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 10-year national workforce is projected to grow 3.71%, but Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood are expected to see a growth of −6.79% over the same period. This occupation is expected to grow less than the national average.

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparible industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood.

−6.79%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

3.71%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood. This profession is expected to grow less than than 3.71%, the average rate of national job growth.