# Other Production Occupations

> SOC minor group 51-9000 within Production Occupations — 34 detailed occupations.

- **SOC minor group:** 51-9000
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/occupation-groups/other-production-occupations
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap, not jobs lost. Figures below are aggregates over the group's member occupations, each traced to a named public dataset.

## Scale & pay

- **Employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** 2,690,320.
- **Median wage:** $45,695.
- **Projected growth (BLS 2024–34):** -0.6%.
- **Annual openings:** 307.1.

## AI exposure

- **AI task-overlap (mean across member occupations):** 10th percentile (Low) — Eloundou GPT-overlap + Felten AIOE; task overlap, not automation.

## Member occupations

- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-9061-00) — $47,460; 0th percentile overlap
- Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-9111-00) — $40,900; 0th percentile overlap
- Production Workers, All Other (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-9199-00) — $38,820
- Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-9161-00) — $49,970; 0th percentile overlap
- Helpers--Production Workers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-9198-00) — $38,220; 0th percentile overlap
- Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-9124-00) — $47,590; 0th percentile overlap
- Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-9011-00) — $57,090; 0th percentile overlap
- Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-9023-00) — $47,680; 0th percentile overlap
- Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-9196-00) — $49,390; 0th percentile overlap
- Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-9041-00) — $45,130; 0th percentile overlap
- Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-9012-00) — $49,500; 0th percentile overlap
- Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-9032-00) — $45,700; 0th percentile overlap
- Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-9195-04) — $45,690; 0th percentile overlap
- Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-9195-00) — $45,690; 0th percentile overlap
- Potters, Manufacturing (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-9195-05) — $45,690; 0th percentile overlap
- Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-9195-03) — $45,690; 0th percentile overlap
- Dental Laboratory Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-9081-00) — $48,310; 0th percentile overlap
- Semiconductor Processing Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-9141-00) — $51,180; 0th percentile overlap
- Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-9021-00) — $46,890; 0th percentile overlap
- Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-9162-00) — $65,670; 0th percentile overlap

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS Employment Projections** (2024–2034) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130
- **AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE)** (Felten, Raj & Seamans) — academic. https://github.com/AIOE-Data/AIOE

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-02T20:31:11.516731+00:00. https://singulariki.com/occupation-groups/other-production-occupations_