Jobs Similar to Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
The careers below use the most similar skills, knowledge and work activities to adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders, according to O*NET 31.0. The closest are Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers, Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers and Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders.
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders: $46,460 median pay · usual preparation: High school.
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
The 20 most similar careers
- 1Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
84% similar · $46,350 (0%) · High school
- 2Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
84% similar · $96,710 (+108%) · High school
- 3Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
84% similar · $38,180 (−18%) · High school
- 4Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
83% similar · $48,990 (+5%) · High school · Same group
- 5Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
83% similar · $54,430 (+17%) · High school
- 6Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
83% similar · $39,530 (−15%) · High school
- 7Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
83% similar · $48,750 (+5%) · High school
- 8Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
83% similar · $46,570 (0%) · High school · Same group
- 9Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
82% similar · $47,720 (+3%) · High school
- 10Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
82% similar · $48,250 (+4%) · High school · Same group
- 11Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
82% similar · $38,760 (−17%) · High school
- 12Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
82% similar · $50,140 (+8%) · High school
- 13Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
82% similar · $44,350 (−5%) · High school
- 14Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
82% similar · $48,540 (+4%) · High school · Same group
- 15Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
82% similar · $52,800 (+14%) · High school
- 16Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
82% similar · $46,330 (0%) · High school
- 17Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
82% similar · $47,180 (+2%) · High school
- 18Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
82% similar · $49,030 (+6%) · High school
- 19Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators
82% similar · $77,320 (+66%) · High school
- 20Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
82% similar · $43,220 (−7%) · High school · Same group
Similarity: weighted correlation of O*NET 31.0 transferable skills (35%), knowledge (25%), work activities (15%) and interests (15%). Pay and schooling do not change it. Pay change compares BLS May 2025 national medians; careers with only a broader BLS group wage are not compared. “Same group”: the same BLS occupation group (SOC minor group). Methodology
Similar jobs that pay more
Only careers that usually need no more preparation than adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders.
- Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers84% similar · $96,710 (+108%)
- Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators82% similar · $77,320 (+66%)
- Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders83% similar · $54,430 (+17%)
- Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic82% similar · $52,800 (+14%)
- Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic82% similar · $50,140 (+8%)
- Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic82% similar · $49,030 (+6%)
Thinking of a career change?
Similar is not the same as a good next step. Our career-change list for adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders also weighs pay drops and extra schooling, and puts jobs outside the field first.
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Jobs that can lead here
Careers where adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders is one of the best career-change matches (match score in brackets).
- Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers (94)
- Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders (94)
- Machine Feeders and Offbearers (90)
- Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (90)
- Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (89)
- Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (89)
- Print Binding and Finishing Workers (88)
- Printing Press Operators (88)
- Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (87)
- Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (86)
Questions about jobs like adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders
What jobs are most similar to adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders?
By O*NET 31.0 data, the closest are Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers (84% similar), Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers (84% similar), Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders (84% similar), Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (83% similar) and Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders (83% similar).
Which jobs like adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders pay more?
Among the 20 most similar careers, Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers ($96,710, +108%; usually a high school diploma), Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators ($77,320, +66%; usually a high school diploma) and Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders ($54,430, +17%; usually a high school diploma) have the highest BLS median pay compared with adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders ($46,460). Without more preparation than adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders usually need: Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers, Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators and Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders.
How is the similarity percentage worked out?
We compare how important each transferable skill, knowledge area, work activity and interest area is in both jobs (O*NET 31.0 ratings) with a weighted correlation. 100% would mean the same profile. Unlike our career-change matches, pay and extra schooling do not lower the similarity on this page.