As of June 2026, Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders has an AI-exposure score of 55/100 (Elevated exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
AI Exposure Score for
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
55/100
Elevated exposure
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More exposed than 49% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$45,760. About 5,200 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).
Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.
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Your tasks, by AI exposure
Automatable
- Send product samples to laboratories for analysis.
- Record and maintain production data, such as meter readings, and quantities, types, and dimensions of materials produced.
- Monitor machine operations and observe lights and gauges to detect malfunctions.
Augmentable
- Turn controls to adjust machine functions, such as regulating air pressure, creating vacuums, and adjusting coolant flow.
- Clear jams, and remove defective or substandard materials or products.
- Pour, scoop, or dump specified ingredients, metal assemblies, or mixtures into sections of machine prior to starting machines.
- Move materials, supplies, components, and finished products between storage and work areas, using work aids such as racks, hoists, and handtrucks.
- Adjust machine components to regulate speeds, pressures, and temperatures, and amounts, dimensions, and flow of materials or ingredients.
- Review work orders, specifications, or instructions to determine materials, ingredients, procedures, components, settings, and adjustments for extruding, forming, pressing, or compacting machines.
- Clean dies, arbors, compression chambers, and molds, using swabs, sponges, or air hoses.
- Measure, mix, cut, shape, soften, and join materials and ingredients, such as powder, cornmeal, or rubber to prepare them for machine processing.
- Select and install machine components, such as dies, molds, and cutters, according to specifications, using hand tools and measuring devices.
- Remove materials or products from molds or from extruding, forming, pressing, or compacting machines, and stack or store them for additional processing.
- Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as templates, micrometers, or scales.
- Feed products into machines by hand or conveyor.
- Couple air and gas lines to machines to maintain plasticity of material and to regulate solidification of final products.
- Synchronize speeds of sections of machines when producing products involving several steps or processes.
- Activate machines to shape or form products, such as candy bars, light bulbs, balloons, or insulation panels.
- Press control buttons to activate machinery and equipment.
- Notify supervisors when extruded filaments fail to meet standards.
Durable
No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as augmentable (85%).
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