Also called: Extruding Machine Operators, Synthetic Fibers
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers build operations monitoring, operation and control and judgment and decision making skills that carry over to other work. Below are 25 careers ranked by how closely their skills match, with pay from BLS May 2025. The closest match is Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders (94%).
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
Sorted by skill match.
| # | Career | Skill match | Median pay | Pay change | Extra education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders | 94% | $46,460 | 0% | None |
| 2 | Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 93% | $50,270 | +8% | None |
| 3 | Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 92% | $44,350 | −4% | None |
| 4 | Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 91% | $45,760 | −1% | None |
| 5 | Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 90% | $47,720 | +3% | None |
| 6 | Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 90% | $52,800 | +14% | None |
| 7 | Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 90% | $46,570 | 0% | None |
| 8 | Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 88% | $47,180 | +2% | None |
| 9 | Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 88% | $50,140 | +8% | None |
| 10 | Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 87% | $47,920 | +3% | None |
Compared with Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers, median $46,350. Skill match is our estimate (0–99) from O*NET 31.0 skills, knowledge, work activities and interests, adjusted for preparation and big pay drops. Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025, national median.
How important each skill is in work as extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
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A concrete first step, the skills to add, and the hard parts of each job, from O*NET 31.0 education, training and work context data.
94% skill match · $46,460 · 0% pay
Systems Analysis · Programming · Social Perceptiveness
93% skill match · $50,270 · +8% pay
Installation · Technology Design · Equipment Maintenance
92% skill match · $44,350 · −4% pay
Installation · Social Perceptiveness
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders (94% skill match, median $46,460), Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (93% skill match, median $50,270) and Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (92% skill match, median $44,350), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 15 pay more than extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers at the median. The biggest increases: Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers (+109%, $96,710), Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers (+33%, $61,770) and Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders (+17%, $54,430).
25 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones.
We compare the importance of skills, knowledge, work activities and interests in O*NET 31.0 for your job and every other career, then adjust for extra preparation and big pay drops. The full method is on our Methodology page.