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COST ESTIMATORS
Prepare cost estimates for a variety of projects.
This career is high growth compared to
other careers.
There will be a need for about 4,384 new
Cost Estimators to meet market demand
between 2016-2026. This includes the
demand due to replacement (workers
leaving the occupation or retiring) as well as
growth.
COMPUTER NUMERICALLY
CONTROLLED (CNC) MACHINE
TOOL PROGRAMMERS
This career pays above the statewide
median wage of $30.21. The range is
$24.13- $37.66.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
TECHNICIANS
Develop programs to control the processing of
metal or plastic parts by machines. Apply principles of mechanical engineering to
help to develop machinery.
This career is seeing very high growth
compared to other careers. This career is high growth compared to
other careers.
There will be a need for about 917 new
Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC)
Machine Tool Programmers to meet market
demand between 2016-2026. This includes
the demand due to replacement (workers
leaving the occupation or retiring) as well as
growth. There will be a need for about 1,301 new
Mechanical Engineering Technicians to meet
market demand between 2016-2026. This
includes the demand due to replacement
(workers leaving the occupation or retiring)
as well as growth.
This career pays above the statewide
median wage of $28.90. The range is
$25.54- $32.42.
This career pays above the statewide
median wage of $26.44. The range is
$21.08- $33.85.
Jobs & Descriptions
from CAREERwise
manufacturing
METRONORTH
• Minnesota is also a great place
for small manufacturers, with
venture capital, incentives and
other financing available. The state
ranked in the top 20 nationwide
with nearly $1 billion in venture
capital investments from 2013–
2015.
• There are over 10,100 open
manufacturing jobs in Minnesota
today.
• M
 innesota exported $120 billion
in manufactured goods in 2015.
These companies sent 1,057
different types of products to more
than 200 countries worldwide.
For more information about
products made in Minnesota,
visit the Minnesota Department
of Employment and Economic
Development (DEED)’s Made in
Minnesota database.
Source: The Minnesota Department
of Employment and Economic
Development, 2015 and 2017 stats
“Manufacturers form the
bedrock of many Minnesota
communities. They offer
high-wage, high-skill jobs
that create economic
opportunity and stability for
the present and future.”
- Bob Kill
Enterprise Minnesota
President and CEO
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