Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
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Lower estimated automation risk
Why it fits
Uses wood materials, dimensions, shop tools, cutting accuracy, and assembly workflow.
Why it fits
Reuses machine adjustment, blade changes, troubleshooting, lockout habits, and preventive maintenance.
Why it fits
Lead sawyers can move toward crew coordination, setup sequencing, safety, and quality oversight.
Why it fits
Builds on CNC machine operation, tooling, cuts, tolerances, and production drawings with programming training.
Why it fits
Reuses CNC tending, machine setup, measurement, tool changes, and production monitoring.
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We rate jobs using four factors. These are:
- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions
These are some key things to think about when job hunting.
Risk & user votes
Calculated automation 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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Human strengths important in this job
These are human abilities and work contexts that are important in this occupation. They may help explain why parts of the role are harder to replace end-to-end, but they are not the only inputs into the automation score.
What users think
Based on 9 votes
What do you think the risk of automation is?
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
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
Growth
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
Updated projections are due 09-2025.
Volume
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
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