Jobs Similar to Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Also called: Separating Machine Operators
The careers below use the most similar skills, knowledge and work activities to separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders, according to O*NET 31.0. The closest are Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders, Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders and Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders: $51,610 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
- 1Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
83% similar · $41,330 (−20%) · High school · Same group
- 2Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
82% similar · $45,760 (−11%) · High school · Same group
- 3Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
80% similar · $46,330 (−10%) · High school
- 4Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
80% similar · $48,990 (−5%) · High school · Same group
- 5Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
80% similar · $44,350 (−14%) · High school
- 6Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators
79% similar · $77,320 (+50%) · High school
- 7Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
79% similar · $43,530 (−16%) · High school · Same group
- 8Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
79% similar · $49,030 (−5%) · High school
- 9Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
79% similar · $43,220 (−16%) · High school · Same group
- 10Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
79% similar · $48,540 (−6%) · High school · Same group
- 11Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
79% similar · $50,140 (−3%) · High school
- 12Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
79% similar · $38,760 (−25%) · High school
- 13Biofuels Processing Technicians
79% similar · $62,470 (broader group) · High school
- 14Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
78% similar · $58,040 (+12%) · High school · Same group
- 15Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
78% similar · $38,180 (−26%) · High school
- 16Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
78% similar · $46,550 (−10%) · High school
- 17Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
78% similar · $47,180 (−9%) · High school
- 18Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
78% similar · $44,810 (−13%) · High school
- 19Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
78% similar · $48,750 (−6%) · High school
- 20Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
78% similar · $46,460 (−10%) · 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
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Similar is not the same as a good next step. Our career-change list for separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders also weighs pay drops and extra schooling, and puts jobs outside the field first.
Jobs that can lead here
Careers where separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders is one of the best career-change matches (match score in brackets).
- Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders (88)
- Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (88)
- Food Batchmakers (87)
- Biofuels Processing Technicians (86)
- Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders (85)
- Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders (85)
- Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders (84)
- Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers (83)
- Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (82)
- Agricultural Equipment Operators (81)
Questions about jobs like separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders
What jobs are most similar to separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders?
By O*NET 31.0 data, the closest are Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders (83% similar), Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (82% similar), Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (80% similar), Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (80% similar) and Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (80% similar).
Which jobs like separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders pay more?
Among the 20 most similar careers, Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators ($77,320, +50%; usually a high school diploma) and Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders ($58,040, +12%; usually a high school diploma) have the highest BLS median pay compared with separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders ($51,610). Without more preparation than separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders usually need: Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators and Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders.
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.