Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

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Job Score (higher is better):

We rate jobs using four factors. These are:

- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions

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Risk & user votes

Calculated automation risk

83% (Imminent Risk)

Imminent Risk (81-100%): This occupation appears highly exposed to end-to-end replacement by AI, software, robotics, or other computer-controlled systems. Roles in this range often involve predictable, repeatable, or rules-based work with limited need for human judgement, trust, creativity, or adaptation to messy real-world conditions. This does not mean every job will disappear immediately, but it is a strong signal to consider safer alternatives or start building more resilient skills.

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Based on 9 votes

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What is the likelihood that Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

Pay & outlook

Wages

Very low paid relative to other professions

In 2024, the median annual wage for Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood was $39,950 ($19 per hour).

The median annual wage for Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood was 19.3% lower than the national median annual wage, which stood at $49,500.

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Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Growth

Slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood' job openings is expected to decline 0.6% by 2034

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Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Volume

Moderate range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2024 there were 43,140 people employed as 'Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood' within the United States.

This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 3 thousand people are employed as 'Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood'.

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Job description

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

O*NET-SOC code: 51-7041.00