Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
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Lower estimated automation risk
Why it fits
Experienced operators can move toward coordinating line output, quality checks, safety, and staffing.
Why it fits
Applies fabric handling, measuring, tension, cutting, and finish-quality judgment to upholstery work.
Why it fits
Synthetic fiber knowledge, filament handling, process controls, and production monitoring transfer well.
Why it fits
Textile grain, fabric behavior, measuring, and cutting awareness support pattern work with training.
Why it fits
Reuses textile defect recognition, sampling, sorting, measurements, and production quality records.
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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
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.
Decision-making and problem solving
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What users think
Based on 16 votes
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 83% chance of automation.
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What is the likelihood that Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?
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Pay & outlook
Wages
In 2024, the median annual wage for Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders was $37,660 ($18 per hour).
The median annual wage for Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders was 23.9% lower than the national median annual wage, which stood at $49,500.
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Wages over time
Growth
The number of 'Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders' job openings is expected to decline 9.0% by 2034
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Total employment, and estimated job openings
Updated projections are due 09-2025.
Volume
As of 2024 there were 20,600 people employed as 'Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders' within the United States.
This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country
Put another way, around 1 in 7 thousand people are employed as 'Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders'.
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Job description
Set up, operate, or tend machines that wind or twist textiles; or draw out and combine sliver, such as wool, hemp, or synthetic fibers. Includes slubber machine and drawing frame operators.
O*NET-SOC code: 51-6064.00
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