Overview
1. Automation Risk
2. User Poll
3. Growth
4. Wages
5. Volume
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Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Imminent Risk
85%
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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
96%
(Imminent Risk)
POLLING
75%
(High Risk)
Average: 85%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
-2.5%
by year 2033
WAGES
$38,870
or $18.69 per hour
Volume
158,980
as of 2023
SUMMARY
JOB SCORE
1.8/10

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Calculated automation risk

96% (Imminent Risk)

Imminent Risk (81-100%): Occupations in this level have an extremely high likelihood of being automated in the near future. These jobs consist primarily of repetitive, predictable tasks with little need for human judgment.

More information on what this score is, and how it is calculated is available here.

Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Manual Dexterity

  • Finger Dexterity

User poll

75% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted that it's probable this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 96% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?






Growth

Very slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic' job openings is expected to decline 2.5% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2021 and 2031
Updated projections are due 09-2024.

Wages

Very low paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic' was $38,870, or $18 per hour

'Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic' were paid 19.1% lower than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 158,980 people employed as 'Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic' within the United States.

This represents around 0.10% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 955 people are employed as 'Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic'.

Job description

Set up, operate, or tend metal or plastic molding, casting, or coremaking machines to mold or cast metal or thermoplastic parts or products.

SOC Code: 51-4072.00

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Comments

Jody taylor (Low) 3 years ago
I'm a technical programmer that programs the current robots. I think you are grouping too many people together. I see how the operator will be replaced but the job setter and technician. Should be safe for some time.
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