Skilled Trades
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut textiles.
Median salary (BLS)
$38,760
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$29k – $49k
Job outlook
No separate BLS projection for this specific role
AI exposure
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Education
Typical entry: No degree required
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Junior Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Entry / Junior
$28,650
~2 yrs to advance
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Established
$38,760
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Senior
$44,090
Key skills
A typical day
- •Inspect products to ensure that the quality standards and specifications are met.
- •Place patterns on top of layers of fabric and cut fabric following patterns, using electric or manual knives, cutters, or computer numerically controlled cutting devices.
- •Start machines, monitor operations, and make adjustments as needed.
- •Adjust machine controls, such as heating mechanisms, tensions, or speeds, to produce specified products.
- •Record information about work completed and machine settings.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Skilled Trades
Explore all- Purdue University50% admit · $78,000 grad pay
- Ohio State University53% admit · $68,000 grad pay
- Pennsylvania State University55% admit · $70,000 grad pay
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