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Manufacturing
Rubber products operator
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Key facts
+1.6%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesThis job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is low. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, low according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +1.6% (BLS).
The job
Rubber products machine operators (ISCO 8141). Rubber products machine operators monitor and operate machines which knead and blend rubber and rubber compounds and produce various components and products from natural and synthetic rubber, such as moulded footwear, domestic articles, insulating materials, industrial accessories or tyres.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
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Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
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- conveyor belt builder
- conveyor belt fitter
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- cushion maker
- cushion molder
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- drop-machine operator
- foam cushion maker
- foam cushion molder
- foam cushion moulder
- foam mattress maker
- foam mattress molder
- foam mattress moulder
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- foam rubber machine operative
- foam rubber machine operator
- foam rubber machine setter
- foam rubber machine tender
- foam rubber machine worker
- foam rubber maker
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- foam rubber mixing machine setter
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- foam rubber mixing machine worker
- foam rubber molder
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- foam rubber molding machine operator
- foam rubber molding machine setter
- foam rubber molding machine tender
- foam rubber molding machine worker
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- latex coagulation operative
- latex coagulation operator
- latex coagulation worker
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- rubber coagulation operative
- rubber coagulation operator
- rubber coagulation worker
- rubber cutter
- rubber cutter tender
- rubber cutting machine operative
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- rubber dipping machine operative
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- rubber mixer
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- rubber process machine operator
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- rubber production operator
- rubber production process machine operative
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- sectional belt mould assembler
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- tire factory worker
- tire maker
- tire mender
- tire production plant operative
- tire production worker
- tire repairer
- tire tread builder
- tire vulcanizer
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- tyre builder
- tyre factory worker
- tyre maker
- tyre mender
- tyre production plant operative
- tyre production worker
- tyre repairer
- tyre technician
- tyre tread builder
- tyre vulcaniser
- tyre vulcanizer
- V-belt builder
- v-belt builder
- V-belt coverer
- V-belt covering machine minder
- V-belt covering machine operative
- V-belt covering machine operator
- V-belt covering machine worker
- V-belt finisher
- V-belt finishing operator
- V-belt former and cutter
- V-belt forming machine operative
- v-belt forming machine operator
- v-belt mold assembler
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- V-belt moulder
- V-belt skiver
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Gauges
Risk 3/5 · Moderate
AI exposureLowBLS AI exposure category "low" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)
Employment outlookDeclineBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Production workers, all other; Tire builders; Tire repairers and changers)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayModestBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $45,739
EntryQuickBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.