DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

Repair, install, adjust, or maintain industrial production and processing machinery or refinery and pipeline distribution systems. Excludes “Millwrights" (49-9044), "Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines" (49-3042), and "Maintenance Workers, Machinery" (49-9043).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to Third Quarter, 2012

					Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Minnesota	6,380	293	$23.58/hr	$0.24/hr	$16.52/hr	$19.75/hr	$23.12/hr	$27.56/hr	$31.59/hr
U S	292,470	2,340	$23.60/hr	$0.07/hr	$15.12/hr	$18.34/hr	$22.74/hr	$28.29/hr	$34.35/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

Other Regional Data For Industrial Machinery Mechanics Geography (click title for details) OES Projections Employment Median Wage % Change  -  EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 2,730 $24.98/hr N/A EDR 10 - Southeast 1,030 $20.80/hr N/A EDR 9 - South Central 610 $21.67/hr N/A EDR 3 - Arrowhead 600 $29.43/hr N/A EDR 7W- Central 360 $21.88/hr N/A EDR 8 - Southwest 310 $18.76/hr N/A EDR 4 - West Central 240 $24.15/hr N/A EDR 6E- Southwest Central 200 $19.37/hr N/A EDR 1 - Northwest 170 $21.83/hr N/A EDR 5 - North Central 80 $21.21/hr N/A EDR 7E- East Central 70 $21.50/hr N/A EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley 60 $19.89/hr N/A EDR 2 - Headwaters 50 $16.91/hr N/A

• Confers with operators and observes, tests, and evaluates operation of machinery and equipment to diagnose cause of malfunction.
• Disassembles machinery and equipment to remove parts and make repairs.
• Repairs, replaces, adjusts, and aligns components of machinery and equipment.
• Examines parts for defects, such as breakage or excessive wear.
• Fabricates replacement parts.
• Orders or requisitions parts and materials.
• Enters codes and instructions to program computer-controlled machinery.
• Records repairs and maintenance performed.
• Repairs and replaces electrical wiring and components of machinery.
• Welds to repair broken metal parts, fabricate new parts, and assemble new equipment.
• Test-runs repaired machinery and equipment to verify adequacy of repairs.
• Cleans and lubricates parts, equipment, and machinery.