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Automated Cutting Machine Operator Salary
in St. Louis, Missouri

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$48,386 (USD)

Average Salary

$23/hr

Average Hourly

$769

Average Bonus

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The average pay for an Automated Cutting Machine Operator is $48,386 a year and $23 an hour in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The average salary range for an Automated Cutting Machine Operator is between $35,564 and $57,580. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Estimated salary in 2029:
$54,351
5 Year Change:
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About St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis Cost of Living Score:

Description: St. Louis ( saynt LOO-iss, sənt-) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is located near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while its bi-state metropolitan area, which extends into Illinois, had an estimated population of over 2.8 million. It is the largest metropolitan area in Missouri and the second largest in Illinois. The city's combined statistical area (CSA) is the 20th largest in the United States.The land that is now St. Louis had been occupied by Native American cultures for thousands of years before European settlement...
Description:
  • Sets up and operates automated cutting machine to cut assorted materials, such as graphite, bleeder and breather cloth, and fiberglass, used in manufacturing composite (fiber reinforced plastic) aircraft parts and assemblies: reads cutting requests to determine job specifications, such as part identification number, type and quantity of material required, and cutting instructions.
  • Mounts material onto machine fixture or dispensing device, manually or using overhead crane and handtools.
  • Pulls specified length of material over machine cutting table and cuts material, using knife.
  • Positions material on machine cutting table, following blueprints, sketches, and other specifications, using measuring instruments.
  • Pulls and positions additional plies of material onto cutting table.
  • Positions cutter above material plies in specified location.
  • Loads machine control media or enters commands in computer control console to retrieve preprogrammed cutting instructions.
  • Enters commands to activate vacuum that secures materials to table, identify cutter location coordinates, and start machine.
  • Monitors operation of cutting machine to detect malfunctions and informs supervisor or programmer of problem.
  • Removes cut plies from table, marks part identification on plies, and bags and labels cut material for subsequent production use.
  • Sets up and operates machine to cut test pattern from sample material, and obtains approval of test pattern by quality control, programming, or other authorized personnel prior to cutting production materials.
  • Removes and replaces broken or worn blades, using handt.

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Salary Recap

The average pay for an Automated Cutting Machine Operator is $48,386 a year and $23 an hour in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The average salary range for an Automated Cutting Machine Operator is between $35,564 and $57,580. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in St. Louis, Missouri.

ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.

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Job Statistics

Automated Cutting Machine Operator Job Prevalence in the United States

Job family: Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators

Job family population: 179,360

Estimated population of Automated Cutting Machine Operator jobs: 18,562

Rate of error: 1.6%

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St. Louis Cost of Living Score:

Description: St. Louis ( saynt LOO-iss, sənt-) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is located near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while its bi-state metropolitan area, which extends into Illinois, had an estimated population of over 2.8 million. It is the largest metropolitan area in Missouri and the second largest in Illinois. The city's combined statistical area (CSA) is the 20th largest in the United States.The land that is now St. Louis had been occupied by Native American cultures for thousands of years before European settlement...
Description:
  • Sets up and operates automated cutting machine to cut assorted materials, such as graphite, bleeder and breather cloth, and fiberglass, used in manufacturing composite (fiber reinforced plastic) aircraft parts and assemblies: reads cutting requests to determine job specifications, such as part identification number, type and quantity of material required, and cutting instructions.
  • Mounts material onto machine fixture or dispensing device, manually or using overhead crane and handtools.
  • Pulls specified length of material over machine cutting table and cuts material, using knife.
  • Positions material on machine cutting table, following blueprints, sketches, and other specifications, using measuring instruments.
  • Pulls and positions additional plies of material onto cutting table.
  • Positions cutter above material plies in specified location.
  • Loads machine control media or enters commands in computer control console to retrieve preprogrammed cutting instructions.
  • Enters commands to activate vacuum that secures materials to table, identify cutter location coordinates, and start machine.
  • Monitors operation of cutting machine to detect malfunctions and informs supervisor or programmer of problem.
  • Removes cut plies from table, marks part identification on plies, and bags and labels cut material for subsequent production use.
  • Sets up and operates machine to cut test pattern from sample material, and obtains approval of test pattern by quality control, programming, or other authorized personnel prior to cutting production materials.
  • Removes and replaces broken or worn blades, using handt.
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