Jobs Similar to Fallers
The careers below use the most similar skills, knowledge and work activities to fallers, according to O*NET 31.0. The closest are Dredge Operators, Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood and Refractory Materials Repairers.
Fallers: $52,100 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
- 1Dredge Operators
79% similar · $49,640 (−5%) · High school
- 2Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
79% similar · $42,770 (−18%) · High school
- 3Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons
79% similar · $61,290 (+18%) · High school
- 4Logging Equipment Operators
79% similar · $49,740 (−5%) · High school · Same group
- 5Continuous Mining Machine Operators
78% similar · $61,810 (+19%) · High school
- 6Hoist and Winch Operators
78% similar · $56,450 (+8%) · High school
- 7Helpers--Extraction Workers
78% similar · $47,730 (−8%) · High school
- 8Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas
77% similar · $60,190 (+16%) · High school
- 9Rock Splitters, Quarry
77% similar · $48,740 (−6%) · High school
- 10Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
77% similar · $49,690 (−5%) · High school
- 11Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
77% similar · $44,350 (−15%) · High school
- 12Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
77% similar · $59,850 (+15%) · High school
- 13Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining
77% similar · $74,500 (+43%) · High school
- 14Roof Bolters, Mining
77% similar · $78,540 (+51%) · High school
- 15Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
77% similar · $70,070 (+34%) · High school
- 16Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
76% similar · $54,430 (+4%) · High school
- 17Crane and Tower Operators
76% similar · $68,080 (+31%) · Training or associate
- 18Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
76% similar · $46,350 (−11%) · High school
- 19Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining
76% similar · $57,430 (+10%) · High school
- 20Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
76% similar · $46,330 (−11%) · 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
Similar jobs that pay more
Only careers that usually need no more preparation than fallers.
- Roof Bolters, Mining77% similar · $78,540 (+51%)
- Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining77% similar · $74,500 (+43%)
- Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators77% similar · $70,070 (+34%)
- Continuous Mining Machine Operators78% similar · $61,810 (+19%)
- Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons79% similar · $61,290 (+18%)
- Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas77% similar · $60,190 (+16%)
Thinking of a career change?
Similar is not the same as a good next step. Our career-change list for fallers also weighs pay drops and extra schooling, and puts jobs outside the field first.
Jobs that can lead here
Careers where fallers is one of the best career-change matches (match score in brackets).
- Tree Trimmers and Pruners (86)
- Dredge Operators (79)
- Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood (79)
- Helpers--Extraction Workers (78)
- Hoist and Winch Operators (78)
- Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors (77)
- Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining (76)
- Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas (75)
- Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (75)
- Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas (74)
Questions about jobs like fallers
What jobs are most similar to fallers?
By O*NET 31.0 data, the closest are Dredge Operators (79% similar), Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood (79% similar), Refractory Materials Repairers (79% similar), Logging Equipment Operators (79% similar) and Continuous Mining Machine Operators (78% similar).
Which jobs like fallers pay more?
Among the 20 most similar careers, Roof Bolters ($78,540, +51%; usually a high school diploma), Loading and Moving Machine Operators ($74,500, +43%; usually a high school diploma) and Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators ($70,070, +34%; usually a high school diploma) have the highest BLS median pay compared with fallers ($52,100). Without more preparation than fallers usually need: Roof Bolters, Loading and Moving Machine Operators and Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment 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.