SOC 51-2092.00

    Team Assemblers

    Work as part of a team having responsibility for assembling an entire product or component of a product.

    Median pay
    $44,650
    Growth
    +1.1%
    Slower than average
    Openings a year
    138,700
    Typical education
    High school diploma

    Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition

    Source: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections · figures for the broader BLS group "Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators"

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    Annual pay range

    Lowest 10% earn less than
    $33,280
    Median
    $44,650
    Highest 10% earn more than
    $64,880
    National wages for all workers in this occupation. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.

    1,405,030 people work in this occupation.

    What team assemblers do

    Job Zone 2: Some preparation

    Work as part of a team having responsibility for assembling an entire product or component of a product. Team assemblers can perform all tasks conducted by the team in the assembly process and rotate through all or most of them, rather than being assigned to a specific task on a permanent basis. May participate in making management decisions affecting the work. Includes team leaders who work as part of the team.

    Usually a high school diploma; some on-the-job training or experience.

    Interest profile

    Realistic (R) · strongest
    73 / 100
    Investigative (I)
    7 / 100
    Artistic (A)
    10 / 100
    Social (S)
    24 / 100
    Enterprising (E)
    49 / 100
    Conventional (C)
    60 / 100
    How strongly each interest area describes the work, from O*NET (scores rescaled to 0–100). The interest code lists the strongest areas in order.

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    What you'd do

    Getting Information
    85
    Handling and Moving Objects
    85
    Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
    80
    Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
    80
    Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
    79
    Controlling Machines and Processes
    69
    Making Decisions and Solving Problems
    67
    Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
    65
    Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
    63
    Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
    63
    Work activities rated by importance for this occupation, O*NET (0–100).

    Skills and strengths

    Skills

    • Active Listening
    • Monitoring
    • Quality Control Analysis
    • Coordination
    • Critical Thinking
    • Instructing
    • Operations Monitoring
    • Reading Comprehension
    • Social Perceptiveness
    • Speaking

    Knowledge

    • Production and Processing
    • Mechanical
    • Public Safety and Security
    • English Language
    • Education and Training
    • Computers and Electronics
    • Design
    • Engineering and Technology
    • Mathematics
    • Administration and Management

    Abilities

    • Manual Dexterity
    • Finger Dexterity
    • Information Ordering
    • Near Vision
    • Arm-Hand Steadiness
    • Deductive Reasoning
    • Oral Comprehension
    • Problem Sensitivity
    • Speech Clarity
    • Speech Recognition

    Work styles

    • Dependability
    • Cooperation
    • Attention to Detail
    • Social Orientation
    • Cautiousness
    • Integrity
    • Adaptability
    • Leadership Orientation
    • Stress Tolerance
    • Perseverance

    Also called

    Assembler · Assembly Associate · Assembly Inspector · Assembly Line Machine Operator · Assembly Line Worker · Assembly Operator · Assembly Technician · Assembly Worker · Automotive Production Worker · Cabinet Assembler

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    Certifications

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    Data from CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor (Employment and Training Administration, with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development). Retrieved November 6, 2026.

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    Sources and attribution

    Every figure on this page comes from these public datasets. Missing values are shown as not reported, never estimated.

    O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. CollegesRef has modified all or some of this information.

    Data from CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor (Employment and Training Administration, with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development). Retrieved November 6, 2026.

    Page data updated November 6, 2026.