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Estimated employment250
Mean wage$19.00
Entry wage$15.86
10th percentile wage$14.71
50th percentile wage$18.80
90th percentile wage$24.09
Top Employing Industries
 IndustryEmployment / Percent
Manufacturing18073.0%
Trade, Transportation,, and Utilities7027.0%
Top Paying Industries
 IndustryEmployment / Median Wage
Manufacturing180$18.87
Trade, Transportation,, and Utilities70$18.61
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators/Tenders (51-9032)
Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut or slice materials, such as glass, stone, cork, rubber, tobacco, food, paper, or insulating material. Exclude "Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators/Tenders" (51-7041 through 51-7042), "Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators/Tenders, Metal/Plastic" (51-4031), and "Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators/Tenders" (51-6062).
Median Wage History
YearThis
Occupation
Compared to
Occupational Group
Difference
Current$18.80 $20.40 -$1.60
2017$18.64+.9%$20.23+.9%-$1.58
2016$18.08+3.1%$19.62+3.1%-$1.53
2015$17.59+2.8%$19.09+2.8%-$1.49
2014$17.17+2.4%$18.63+2.4%-$1.46
2013$16.78+2.3%$18.21+2.3%-$1.42
2012$16.46+1.9%$17.87+1.9%-$1.40
2011$16.19+1.7%$17.57+1.7%-$1.37
2010$15.93+1.6%$17.29+1.6%-$1.35
2009$15.76+1.1%$17.10+1.1%-$1.34
YearThis
Occupation
Compared to
All Occupations
Difference
Current$18.80 $23.62 -$4.82
2017$18.64+.9%$23.37+1.1%-$4.72
2016$18.08+3.1%$22.74+2.8%-$4.66
2015$17.59+2.8%$22.22+2.3%-$4.63
2014$17.17+2.4%$21.76+2.1%-$4.58
2013$16.78+2.3%$21.29+2.2%-$4.51
2012$16.46+1.9%$20.86+2.1%-$4.39
2011$16.19+1.7%$20.51+1.7%-$4.31
2010$15.93+1.6%$20.18+1.6%-$4.25
2009$15.76+1.1%$19.84+1.7%-$4.08
Note: The mid-wage is the median wage. The average wage is the mean wage. The entry-level wage is equal to the average of the lower third of reported wages for the occupation. The wage range consists of the 10th and 90th percentiles; 80% of workers earn between this wage range, 10% earn less while 10% earn more.
Reference Date: 1st Quarter 2018
Top Areas For This Occupation
Best Pay
Median Wage / Employment
Norwich-NL$24.5110
New Haven$19.22100
Waterbury$19.00 
Bridgeport-Stam.$18.80 
Hartford$18.80250
Highest Employment
Median Wage / Employment
Hartford$18.80250
New Haven$19.22100
Danbury$18.3450
Norwich-NL$24.5110
Bridgeport-Stam.$18.80 
Wages in other areas
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