Jobs Similar to Rock Splitters
The careers below use the most similar skills, knowledge and work activities to rock splitters, according to O*NET 31.0. The closest are Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers, Pourers and Casters and Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic.
Rock Splitters: $48,740 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
82% similar · $46,350 (−5%) · High school
- 2Pourers and Casters, Metal
80% similar · $51,810 (+6%) · High school
- 3Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
80% similar · $46,170 (−5%) · High school
- 4Tire Builders
80% similar · $57,390 (+18%) · High school
- 5Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
80% similar · $43,220 (−11%) · High school
- 6Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
80% similar · $54,430 (+12%) · High school
- 7Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
79% similar · $46,460 (−5%) · High school
- 8Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
79% similar · $38,180 (−22%) · High school
- 9Recycling and Reclamation Workers
79% similar · $40,240 (broader group) · High school
- 10Sewing Machine Operators
79% similar · $36,670 (−25%) · High school
- 11Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas
79% similar · $67,890 (+39%) · High school · Same group
- 12Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining
79% similar · $57,430 (+18%) · High school · Same group
- 13Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
79% similar · $43,960 (−10%) · High school
- 14Dredge Operators
79% similar · $49,640 (+2%) · High school
- 15Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
79% similar · $47,920 (−2%) · High school
- 16Machine Feeders and Offbearers
79% similar · $41,220 (−15%) · High school
- 17Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
78% similar · $51,330 (+5%) · High school
- 18Foundry Mold and Coremakers
78% similar · $48,110 (−1%) · High school
- 19Roof Bolters, Mining
78% similar · $78,540 (+61%) · High school · Same group
- 20Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
78% similar · $70,070 (+44%) · 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 rock splitters.
- Roof Bolters, Mining78% similar · $78,540 (+61%)
- Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators78% similar · $70,070 (+44%)
- Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas79% similar · $67,890 (+39%)
- Tire Builders80% similar · $57,390 (+18%)
- Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining79% similar · $57,430 (+18%)
- Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders80% similar · $54,430 (+12%)
Thinking of a career change?
Similar is not the same as a good next step. Our career-change list for rock splitters also weighs pay drops and extra schooling, and puts jobs outside the field first.
Jobs that can lead here
Careers where rock splitters is one of the best career-change matches (match score in brackets).
- Fallers (84)
- Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers (82)
- Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic (80)
- Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders (80)
- Pourers and Casters, Metal (80)
- Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders (79)
- Dredge Operators (79)
- Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders (79)
- Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (79)
- Recycling and Reclamation Workers (79)
Questions about jobs like rock splitters
What jobs are most similar to rock splitters?
By O*NET 31.0 data, the closest are Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers (82% similar), Pourers and Casters (80% similar), Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic (80% similar), Tire Builders (80% similar) and Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders (80% similar).
Which jobs like rock splitters pay more?
Among the 20 most similar careers, Roof Bolters ($78,540, +61%; usually a high school diploma), Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators ($70,070, +44%; usually a high school diploma) and Rotary Drill Operators ($67,890, +39%; usually a high school diploma) have the highest BLS median pay compared with rock splitters ($48,740). Without more preparation than rock splitters usually need: Roof Bolters, Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators and Rotary Drill 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.