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Side-by-Side Comparison

MetricExtruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersPump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
Risk Score42.9%43.5%
Risk TierMedium RiskMedium Risk
Risk Percentile87th89th
Tasks at Risk (>50%)8 / 156 / 14
Median Salary$45,130$60,020
Employment57K13K

Skill Comparison

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Sorted by largest difference

Public Safety and Security
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
Mechanical
Scheduling Work and Activities
Computers and Electronics
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment

Protective Factors

Higher values indicate stronger protection against AI displacement

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

26%

total discount

Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers

28%

total discount

Task Risk Comparison

Tasks sorted by AI automation risk — higher means more automatable

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

8 of 15 at risk
87%Notify supervisors when extruded filaments fail to meet standards.
87%Record and maintain production data, such as meter readings, and quantities, types, and dimensions of materials produced.
86%Monitor machine operations and observe lights and gauges to detect malfunctions.
85%Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as templates, micrometers, or scales.
85%Review work orders, specifications, or instructions to determine materials, ingredients, procedures, components, settings, and adjustments for extruding, forming, pressing, or compacting machines.

Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers

6 of 14 at risk
88%Record operating data such as products and quantities pumped, stocks used, gauging results, and operating times.
86%Monitor gauges and flowmeters and inspect equipment to ensure that tank levels, temperatures, chemical amounts, and pressures are at specified levels, reporting abnormalities as necessary.
86%Read operating schedules or instructions or receive verbal orders to determine amounts to be pumped.
78%Communicate with other workers, using signals, radios, or telephones, to start and stop flows of materials or substances.
77%Test materials and solutions, using testing equipment.

Wage Comparison

Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers earns +$14,890(+33%) vs Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersPump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
10th
$34,790$37,850
25th
$38,410$47,270
Median
$45,130$60,020
75th
$51,970$75,160
90th
$64,660$89,660

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