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Index›Production›Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Set up, operate, or tend machines to crush, grind, or polish materials, such as coal, glass, grain, stone, food, or rubber.

US jobs

26K

Avg. wage

$25/h

GDP output/y

$5.2B

Tasks

AI Parity

28%

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Tasks

				Human	Best AI
#	Task ↕O*NET 30.1 · DOL	Output/y ▴est. · BEA + BLS	Verification method ↕est. · rubric v1	Qualitymeasured baseline	Configurationverified runs	Qualitysame test	vs human× output · − pts
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O*NET-SOC 51-9021.00 · tasks and importance from O*NET 30.1 · jobs and wages BLS OEWS May 2025 · GDP by industry BEA 2025