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13%

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Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders

United States AI Work Index51-9041

AI displacement pressure score for United States AI Work Index, combining global AI task overlap with local wages, employment trends, and demand signals.

57.3 current · 58.4 projectedConfidence medium

Why This Score

Tasks 100%

Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities

Wage $45K

Median annual wage

Demand 2%

Projected employment change over 10 years

Preparation Zone 2

Typical preparation needed for this occupation

Occupation profile

Set up, operate, or tend machines, such as glass-forming machines, plodder machines, and tuber machines, to shape and form products such as glassware, food, rubber, soap, brick, tile, clay, wax, tobacco, or cosmetics.

Task evidence

100% weighted task match · 0% effective coverage

Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works

United States Now

Median Wage

USD 45,130

Employment 2024

57.3K

Projected Change (2024–34)

2.0%

Openings (2024–34)

5.2K

Wage distribution

Bottom 10%: USD 34,79025th pctl: USD 38,410Median: USD 45,13075th pctl: USD 51,970Top 10%: USD 64,660

Demand outlook

Projections published, but no prose outlook available.

Education: High school diploma or equivalent Experience: —

Role Profile

Detail orientedAdaptabilityFine motor

Tasks

  • 1. Press control buttons to activate machinery and equipment. AI use: 0%
  • 2. Monitor machine operations and observe lights and gauges to detect malfunctions. AI use: 0%
  • 3. Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as templates, micrometers, or scales. AI use: 0%
  • 4. Adjust machine components to regulate speeds, pressures, and temperatures, and amounts, dimensions, and flow of materials or ingredients. AI use: 0%
  • 5. Record and maintain production data, such as meter readings, and quantities, types, and dimensions of materials produced. AI use: 0%
  • 6. Turn controls to adjust machine functions, such as regulating air pressure, creating vacuums, and adjusting coolant flow. AI use: 0%

Technologies

Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft Office softwareMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft WordSAP softwareEnterprise resource planning ERP software

Requirements

License required: <15%No education requirement: 34.6%High school diploma: 65.4%On-the-job training: 84.1%Specific vocational preparation: 11.4%Work pace: 21.7%Pace: Control of workload: <20%

Work context

Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets 5.0/5
Spend Time Standing 4.5/5
Exposed to Sounds, Noise Levels that are Distracting or Uncomfortable 4.4/5
Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams 4.4/5
Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment 4.3/5
Exposed to Contaminants 4.3/5

Worker profile

Median age 39.3 · 53K employed

Under 25: 15% · 25–54: 66% · 55+: 19%

Related

No direct US role match is available yet for this occupation.

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