Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

Set up, operate, or tend wood sawing machines. May operate computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment. Includes lead sawyers.

Salary by State

State Name	Employment	Annual Salary	Hourly Salary
Alabama	2,130	$33,200	$15.96
Alaska	40	$44,300	$21.30
Arizona	290	$35,090	$16.87
Arkansas	2,070	$30,470	$14.65
California	1,470	$38,390	$18.46
Colorado	250	$39,660	$19.07
Connecticut	90	$47,920	$23.04
Florida	1,050	$33,450	$16.08
Georgia	2,000	$33,820	$16.26
Idaho	710	$41,000	$19.71
Illinois	470	$39,210	$18.85
Indiana	1,810	$34,250	$16.47
Iowa	210	$41,270	$19.84
Kansas	200	$30,470	$14.65
Kentucky	1,430	$32,460	$15.60
Louisiana	980	$36,250	$17.43
Maine	450	$38,070	$18.30
Maryland	270	$38,320	$18.42
Massachusetts	120	$46,370	$22.29
Michigan	1,690	$32,560	$15.65
Minnesota	380	$39,970	$19.22
Mississippi	2,400	$31,650	$15.21
Missouri	1,300	$35,490	$17.06
Montana	360	$43,270	$20.80
Nebraska	140	$35,410	$17.02
Nevada	60	$35,860	$17.24
New Hampshire	240	$35,930	$17.28
New Jersey	150	$45,970	$22.10
New Mexico	80	$33,020	$15.88
New York	1,530	$37,550	$18.05
North Carolina	2,720	$31,030	$14.92
North Dakota	50	$36,670	$17.63
Ohio	1,820	$35,760	$17.19
Oklahoma	240	$36,250	$17.43
Oregon	2,300	$41,130	$19.77
Pennsylvania	2,270	$36,280	$17.44
Rhode Island	60	$34,120	$16.40
South Carolina	810	$33,860	$16.28
South Dakota	280	$33,280	$16.00
Tennessee	1,530	$34,790	$16.73
Texas	2,160	$33,750	$16.22
Utah	530	$35,780	$17.20
Vermont	190	$37,420	$17.99
Virginia	1,790	$33,370	$16.04
Washington	1,530	$43,430	$20.88
West Virginia	670	$34,370	$16.52
Wisconsin	1,860	$36,350	$17.48
Wyoming	90	$36,710	$17.65

Education

The programs listed below are typically the education paths that can land you this kind of job.

A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to set up, operate and repair industrial woodworking machinery, and to use such machinery to design and fabricate wooden components and complete articles.