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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic: apprenticeship hours and pay

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Approved titles
15
RAPIDS codes
Shortest term
2,000 h
longest minimum 8,000 h
National median pay
$47,180
a year, BLS May 2025
Jobs nationally
124,590
BLS May 2025

Approved apprenticeship titles

Training approaches
competency-based, hybrid, time-based
Shortest approved term
2,000 hours, MACHINE OPERATOR I (competency-based)
State medians
$76,080 in West Virginia to $28,770 in Puerto Rico (46 states publish one)
TitleRAPIDS codeApproach and term
FOUR-SLIDE-MACHINE SETTER0208
Competency-Based: 4,000 hours
Hybrid: 4,000 to 5,000 hours
Time-Based: 4,000 hours
GEAR HOBBER SETUP OPERATOR0241
Competency-Based: 8,000 hours
Hybrid: 8,000 to 10,000 hours
Time-Based: 8,000 hours
GEAR-CUTTING-MACH SETUP OPERATOR0234
Competency-Based: 6,000 hours
Hybrid: 6,000 to 7,500 hours
Time-Based: 6,000 hours
GEARCUT-MACHNIST SET-UP OPER. TOOL0664
Competency-Based: 6,000 hours
Hybrid: 6,000 to 7,500 hours
Time-Based: 6,000 hours
GUNSMITH0229
Competency-Based: 8,000 hours
Hybrid: 8,000 to 10,000 hours
Time-Based: 8,000 hours
MACHINE OPERATOR I0511
Competency-Based: 2,000 hours
Hybrid: 2,000 to 2,500 hours
Time-Based: 2,000 hours
Time-Based (V2): 2,000 hours
MACHINE SET-UP OPERATOR0958
Competency-Based: 4,000 hours
Hybrid: 4,000 to 5,000 hours
Time-Based: 4,000 hours
MACHINE SETTER (Any Ind)0938
Competency-Based: 8,000 hours
Hybrid: 8,000 to 10,000 hours
Time-Based: 8,000 hours
MACHINE SETTER (Clock)0317
Competency-Based: 8,000 hours
Hybrid: 8,000 to 10,000 hours
Time-Based: 8,000 hours
MACHINE SETTER (Mach Shop)0263
Competency-Based: 6,000 hours
Hybrid: 6,000 to 7,500 hours
Time-Based: 6,000 hours
MACHINE TRYOUT SETTER0659
Competency-Based: 8,000 hours
Hybrid: 8,000 to 10,000 hours
Time-Based: 8,000 hours
ORNAMENTAL METAL WORKER0374
Competency-Based: 8,000 hours
Hybrid: 8,000 to 10,000 hours
Time-Based: 8,000 hours
SPRING MAKER0532
Competency-Based: 8,000 hours
Hybrid: 8,000 to 10,000 hours
Time-Based: 8,000 hours
SPRING-MANUFTRG SET-UP TECHNICIAN0534
Competency-Based: 8,000 hours
Hybrid: 8,000 to 10,000 hours
Time-Based: 8,000 hours
TOOL MACHINE SET-UP OPERATOR0588
Competency-Based: 6,000 hours
Hybrid: 6,000 to 7,500 hours
Time-Based: 6,000 hours

What time-based, competency-based and hybrid terms mean

What multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic earn, by state

StateMedian payHourlyJobs
West Virginia$76,080$36.581,920
Kentucky$54,960$26.425,510
Missouri$53,160$25.567,220
Maryland$51,780$24.90400
Nebraska$50,960$24.501,250
Virginia$50,600$24.331,030
Washington$50,540$24.30830
Vermont$50,450$24.25110
Idaho$50,410$24.24480
New York$49,890$23.993,660
North Dakota$49,190$23.65490
Texas$49,050$23.5810,540
Minnesota$48,980$23.552,540
Iowa$48,910$23.514,460
Kansas$48,450$23.29290
Massachusetts$48,230$23.191,390
Pennsylvania$48,070$23.117,960
Wisconsin$47,700$22.933,570
Oregon$47,470$22.821,120
North Carolina$47,320$22.753,200
California$46,810$22.503,190
Maine$46,710$22.46300
Oklahoma$46,470$22.342,180
Ohio$46,420$22.3211,170
Louisiana$46,210$22.22900
Colorado$46,160$22.19220
Michigan$45,920$22.089,350
South Carolina$45,740$21.994,520
New Hampshire$45,710$21.98600
Indiana$45,100$21.687,480
South Dakota$44,700$21.49120
Illinois$44,350$21.326,090
Arkansas$44,080$21.191,570
Alabama$43,800$21.061,680
Tennessee$43,630$20.97930
Utah$43,550$20.941,340
Arizona$43,090$20.711,760
Connecticut$42,580$20.472,150
New Jersey$41,390$19.903,090
Florida$41,220$19.822,530
Nevada$40,310$19.38Not published
Wyoming$40,000$19.23110
Georgia$38,810$18.662,980
Rhode Island$38,720$18.62680
Mississippi$36,330$17.471,070
Puerto Rico$28,770$13.83670

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