Jobs Similar to Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Also called: Crushing and Polishing Machine Operators
The careers below use the most similar skills, knowledge and work activities to crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders, according to O*NET 31.0. The closest are Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers, Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders and Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders.
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders: $48,540 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
- 1Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
82% similar · $96,710 (+99%) · High school
- 2Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
82% similar · $43,220 (−11%) · High school · Same group
- 3Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
82% similar · $46,460 (−4%) · High school · Same group
- 4Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
81% similar · $38,670 (−20%) · High school
- 5Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
81% similar · $41,330 (−15%) · High school · Same group
- 6Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
81% similar · $54,430 (+12%) · High school
- 7Machine Feeders and Offbearers
81% similar · $41,220 (−15%) · High school
- 8Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
81% similar · $38,180 (−21%) · High school
- 9Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
81% similar · $61,770 (+27%) · High school
- 10Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
80% similar · $46,350 (−5%) · High school
- 11Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
80% similar · $43,530 (−10%) · High school · Same group
- 12Biofuels Processing Technicians
80% similar · $62,470 (broader group) · High school
- 13Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
80% similar · $46,570 (−4%) · High school · Same group
- 14Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators
80% similar · $77,320 (+59%) · High school
- 15Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
80% similar · $48,990 (+1%) · High school · Same group
- 16Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
79% similar · $50,140 (+3%) · High school
- 17Helpers--Production Workers
79% similar · $39,070 (−20%) · High school · Same group
- 18Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
79% similar · $47,720 (−2%) · High school
- 19Tire Builders
79% similar · $57,390 (+18%) · High school · Same group
- 20Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
79% similar · $46,170 (−5%) · 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 crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders.
- Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers82% similar · $96,710 (+99%)
- Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators80% similar · $77,320 (+59%)
- Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers81% similar · $61,770 (+27%)
- Tire Builders79% similar · $57,390 (+18%)
- Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders81% similar · $54,430 (+12%)
- Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic79% similar · $50,140 (+3%)
Thinking of a career change?
Similar is not the same as a good next step. Our career-change list for crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, 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 crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders is one of the best career-change matches (match score in brackets).
- Machine Feeders and Offbearers (88)
- Food Batchmakers (85)
- Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders (85)
- Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders (84)
- Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (84)
- Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (83)
- Conveyor Operators and Tenders (82)
- Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners (82)
- Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders (81)
- Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (81)
Questions about jobs like crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders
What jobs are most similar to crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders?
By O*NET 31.0 data, the closest are Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers (82% similar), Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders (82% similar), Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders (82% similar), Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (81% similar) and Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders (81% similar).
Which jobs like crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders pay more?
Among the 20 most similar careers, Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers ($96,710, +99%; usually a high school diploma), Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators ($77,320, +59%; usually a high school diploma) and Pump Operators ($61,770, +27%; usually a high school diploma) have the highest BLS median pay compared with crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders ($48,540). Without more preparation than crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders usually need: Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers, Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators and Pump Operators.
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.