Operate or tend furnaces, such as gas, oil, coal, electric-arc or electric induction, open-hearth, or oxygen furnaces, to melt and refine metal before casting or to produce specified types of steel.
US jobs
17K
Avg. wage
$27/h
GDP output/y
$3.2B
Tasks
15
AI Parity
7%
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O*NET-SOC 51-4051.00 · tasks and importance from O*NET 30.1 · jobs and wages BLS OEWS May 2025 · GDP by industry BEA 2025
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