Jobs Similar to Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
The careers below use the most similar skills, knowledge and work activities to engine and other machine assemblers, according to O*NET 31.0. The closest are Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic and Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers: $53,710 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
- 1Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
83% similar · $52,800 (−2%) · High school
- 2Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
82% similar · $44,350 (−17%) · High school
- 3Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
82% similar · $49,080 (−9%) · High school
- 4Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
82% similar · $47,180 (−12%) · High school
- 5Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
82% similar · $46,330 (−14%) · High school
- 6Machinists
82% similar · $58,750 (+9%) · Training or associate
- 7Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
82% similar · $50,140 (−7%) · High school
- 8Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
82% similar · $38,760 (−28%) · High school
- 9Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
82% similar · $74,340 (+38%) · Training or associate
- 10Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
82% similar · $43,380 (−19%) · High school
- 11Riggers
82% similar · $62,640 (+17%) · High school
- 12Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
81% similar · $38,180 (−29%) · High school
- 13Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
81% similar · $46,460 (−13%) · High school
- 14Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
81% similar · $47,720 (−11%) · High school
- 15Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
81% similar · $39,630 (−26%) · High school
- 16Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
81% similar · $46,570 (−13%) · High school
- 17Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
81% similar · $49,030 (−9%) · High school
- 18Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
81% similar · $42,660 (−21%) · High school
- 19Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
81% similar · $39,530 (−26%) · High school
- 20Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
81% similar · $42,770 (−20%) · High school
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
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Similar is not the same as a good next step. Our career-change list for engine and other machine assemblers also weighs pay drops and extra schooling, and puts jobs outside the field first.
Jobs that can lead here
Careers where engine and other machine assemblers is one of the best career-change matches (match score in brackets).
- Tire Builders (88)
- Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers (88)
- Automotive Body and Related Repairers (86)
- Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers (86)
- Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers (85)
- Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics (85)
- Roustabouts, Oil and Gas (84)
- Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics (83)
- Industrial Machinery Mechanics (83)
- Machinists (83)
Questions about jobs like engine and other machine assemblers
What jobs are most similar to engine and other machine assemblers?
By O*NET 31.0 data, the closest are Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (83% similar), Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (82% similar), Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (82% similar), Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (82% similar) and Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (82% similar).
Which jobs like engine and other machine assemblers pay more?
Among the 20 most similar careers, Control and Valve Installers and Repairers ($74,340, +38%; usually training or an associate degree), Riggers ($62,640, +17%; usually a high school diploma) and Machinists ($58,750, +9%; usually training or an associate degree) have the highest BLS median pay compared with engine and other machine assemblers ($53,710). Without more preparation than engine and other machine assemblers usually need: Riggers.
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.