Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

Manufacturing
Set up, operate, or tend wood sawing machines. May operate computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment. Includes lead sawyers.

What a sawing machine setter, operator, and tender, wood does

Become a sawing machine setter, operator, and tender, wood

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good sawing machine setter, operator, and tender, wood

  • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Typical hourly rate is $34 per hour with a typical salary of $72,100 per year.
  • Half of workers earn between $24 and $37 per hour.
  • Half of workers earn an annual salary between $21,300 and $78,400 per year.
  • 61% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.

Part-time

  • The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $33 per hour with a typical salary of $34,200 per year.
  • 30.2% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.

Sawing Machine Setter, Operator, And Tender, Wood job outlook

  • There are 1,572 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 284 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

Multiple Jobs

  • 17% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.

Growth rate by year

Education needed

These occupations usually require a high school diploma.

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