Jobs Similar to Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Also called: Extruding and Drawing Machine Operators
The careers below use the most similar skills, knowledge and work activities to extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic, according to O*NET 31.0. The closest are Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders, Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic and Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders.
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic: $47,720 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
- 1Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
82% similar · $46,460 (−3%) · High school
- 2Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
82% similar · $50,140 (+5%) · High school · Same group
- 3Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
82% similar · $38,180 (−20%) · High school
- 4Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
81% similar · $38,760 (−19%) · High school
- 5Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
81% similar · $53,710 (+13%) · High school
- 6Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
81% similar · $45,760 (−4%) · High school
- 7Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
81% similar · $46,570 (−2%) · High school
- 8Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
81% similar · $48,990 (+3%) · High school
- 9Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
81% similar · $39,530 (−17%) · High school
- 10Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
81% similar · $44,350 (−7%) · High school · Same group
- 11Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
80% similar · $49,030 (+3%) · High school · Same group
- 12Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
80% similar · $48,250 (+1%) · High school
- 13Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
80% similar · $46,350 (−3%) · High school
- 14Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
80% similar · $54,430 (+14%) · High school · Same group
- 15Power Plant Operators
80% similar · $102,040 (+114%) · High school
- 16Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
80% similar · $46,550 (−2%) · High school · Same group
- 17Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators
80% similar · $77,320 (+62%) · High school
- 18Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
80% similar · $52,800 (+11%) · High school · Same group
- 19Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
79% similar · $96,710 (+103%) · High school
- 20Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
79% similar · $48,750 (+2%) · 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 extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.
- Power Plant Operators80% similar · $102,040 (+114%)
- Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers79% similar · $96,710 (+103%)
- Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators80% similar · $77,320 (+62%)
- Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders80% similar · $54,430 (+14%)
- Engine and Other Machine Assemblers81% similar · $53,710 (+13%)
- Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic80% similar · $52,800 (+11%)
Thinking of a career change?
Similar is not the same as a good next step. Our career-change list for extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 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 extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic is one of the best career-change matches (match score in brackets).
- Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers (90)
- Semiconductor Processing Technicians (87)
- Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders (86)
- Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (85)
- Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (85)
- Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (83)
- Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators (82)
- Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (82)
- Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders (82)
- Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (81)
Questions about jobs like extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
What jobs are most similar to extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic?
By O*NET 31.0 data, the closest are Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders (82% similar), Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (82% similar), Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders (82% similar), Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (81% similar) and Engine and Other Machine Assemblers (81% similar).
Which jobs like extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic pay more?
Among the 20 most similar careers, Power Plant Operators ($102,040, +114%; usually a high school diploma), Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers ($96,710, +103%; usually a high school diploma) and Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators ($77,320, +62%; usually a high school diploma) have the highest BLS median pay compared with extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ($47,720). Without more preparation than extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic usually need: Power Plant Operators, Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers and Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station 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.