# Team Assemblers

> 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.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/team-assemblers
- SOC code: 51-2092.00
- Career family: Production
- Median annual pay: $44,650 (10th percentile $33,280, 90th percentile $64,880)
- Projected growth: Slower than average, +1.1%
- Openings a year: 138,700
- Typical entry education: High school diploma
- Bright outlook: no
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections
- Pay and outlook are for the broader BLS group "Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators".

## Interest profile (code RCE)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 73 |
| Investigative (I) | 7 |
| Artistic (A) | 10 |
| Social (S) | 24 |
| Enterprising (E) | 49 |
| Conventional (C) | 60 |

## What you'd do

- Getting Information (importance 85/100)
- Handling and Moving Objects (importance 85/100)
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events (importance 80/100)
- Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings (importance 80/100)
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials (importance 79/100)
- Controlling Machines and Processes (importance 69/100)
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems (importance 67/100)
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates (importance 65/100)
- Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information (importance 63/100)
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships (importance 63/100)

## 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

## 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

## Related careers

- [Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/electrical-and-electronic-equipment-assemblers): $45,850 median pay
- [Engine and Other Machine Assemblers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/engine-and-other-machine-assemblers): $53,710 median pay
- [Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/electromechanical-equipment-assemblers): $45,850 median pay
- [Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/aircraft-structure-surfaces-rigging-and-systems-assemblers): $65,380 median pay
- [Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/industrial-engineering-technologists-and-technicians): $66,120 median pay
- [Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/mechanical-engineering-technologists-and-technicians): $74,510 median pay

## Sources

- [O*NET Database](https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html), version 31.0 (CC BY 4.0)
- [BLS Employment Projections](https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables.htm), version 2025-35, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm), version 2025, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56), version 2020, data year 2020 (Public domain (U.S. government work))

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