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Last updated: November 10, 2024
Cutting Machine Operator Salary
in Moorhead, Minnesota
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$33,384 (USD)
Average Salary
$16/hr
Average Hourly
$457
Average Bonus
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The average pay for a Cutting Machine Operator is $33,384 a year and $16 an hour in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States. The average salary range for a Cutting Machine Operator is between $25,539 and $38,692. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Moorhead, Minnesota.
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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About Moorhead, Minnesota
Moorhead Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Moorhead ( MOR-hed) is a city in and the county seat of Clay County, Minnesota, United States, on the banks of the Red River of the North. Located in the Red River Valley, an extremely fertile and active agricultural region, Moorhead is also home to several corporations and manufacturing industries. Across the river from Fargo, North Dakota, Moorhead forms part of the core of the Fargo–Moorhead ND-MN Metropolitan Area. The population was 44,505 at the 2020 census. Moorhead is notably a hub of higher education in Minnesota, home to Minnesota State University Moorhead, Concordia College, and a campus of Minnesota State...
Job Summary
Description:
- Tends machine equipped with electric knife or rotary shear that cuts cloth into specified lengths and folds lengths for use in making bags: places roll of cloth on brackets of machine and threads cloth between feed rollers or sews cloth to leader in machine, using portable sewing machine.
- Cuts cloth, using either of following methods: (1) moves slotted bar specified distance from folding bar to obtain length of cut and tightens setscrew to secure bar.
- Starts machine that moves cloth over slotted bar.
- Pushes electric knife along slot to cut cloth into lengths. (2) changes gears of machine, using wrenches, or turns dial to set feeding speed of machine that controls length of cut.
- Starts machine that automatically cuts cloth into lengths, folds lengths, and deposits folded cloth on catch-bar of machine.
- Periodically removes folded cloth accumulated on catch-bar and stacks cloth on handtruck.
- Measures cloth lengths, using rule.
- Records yardage cut.
- May be designated according to type of bag cut as cotton-bag-cutting-machine operator; jute-bag-cutting-machine operator; waterproof-bag-cutting-machine operator.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Cutting Machine Operator is $33,384 a year and $16 an hour in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States. The average salary range for a Cutting Machine Operator is between $25,539 and $38,692. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Moorhead, Minnesota.
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.
Find actuarial salary survey data and benchmark salary and pay.
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Cutting Machine Operator Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Job family population: 9,760
Estimated population of Cutting Machine Operator jobs: 685
Rate of error: 2.7%
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About Moorhead, Minnesota
Moorhead Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Moorhead ( MOR-hed) is a city in and the county seat of Clay County, Minnesota, United States, on the banks of the Red River of the North. Located in the Red River Valley, an extremely fertile and active agricultural region, Moorhead is also home to several corporations and manufacturing industries. Across the river from Fargo, North Dakota, Moorhead forms part of the core of the Fargo–Moorhead ND-MN Metropolitan Area. The population was 44,505 at the 2020 census. Moorhead is notably a hub of higher education in Minnesota, home to Minnesota State University Moorhead, Concordia College, and a campus of Minnesota State...
Job Summary
Description:
- Tends machine equipped with electric knife or rotary shear that cuts cloth into specified lengths and folds lengths for use in making bags: places roll of cloth on brackets of machine and threads cloth between feed rollers or sews cloth to leader in machine, using portable sewing machine.
- Cuts cloth, using either of following methods: (1) moves slotted bar specified distance from folding bar to obtain length of cut and tightens setscrew to secure bar.
- Starts machine that moves cloth over slotted bar.
- Pushes electric knife along slot to cut cloth into lengths. (2) changes gears of machine, using wrenches, or turns dial to set feeding speed of machine that controls length of cut.
- Starts machine that automatically cuts cloth into lengths, folds lengths, and deposits folded cloth on catch-bar of machine.
- Periodically removes folded cloth accumulated on catch-bar and stacks cloth on handtruck.
- Measures cloth lengths, using rule.
- Records yardage cut.
- May be designated according to type of bag cut as cotton-bag-cutting-machine operator; jute-bag-cutting-machine operator; waterproof-bag-cutting-machine operator.
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