Shoe machine operators and tenders job market in Mississippi
Industry trends, wages and hiring signals.
The headline
Industry employment fell while average weekly industry wages rose
A data-driven view of the industries that employ Shoe machine operators and tenders in Mississippi.
Verified snapshot
Market at a Glance
Key changes in Mississippi’s weighted industry mix.
Percentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
Published coverage: 2,404 represented establishments, 100% of the published industry mix.
Latest interpretation
What stands out for shoe machine operators and tenders in Mississippi
The clearest signals from the latest validated state industry data available for this page.
Mississippi trails the U.S. on weighted-industry employment
Employment across the industries associated with Shoe machine operators and tenders changed -1.7% year over year in Mississippi, 0.5 percentage points below the national change of -1.2%. This is weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment.
BLS QCEW weighted industry contextEmployment and industry wages moved in opposite directions
Weighted-industry employment changed -1.7% while average weekly industry wages changed +3.1%. Industry wage growth is not occupation pay and does not explain the employment change.
BLS QCEW weighted industry contextIndustry measures describe the industries associated with this occupation. They are not direct occupation employment, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score.
Employment trends
Mississippi industry employment over time
Year-over-year change in the weighted industries. The U.S. line is the latest-quarter benchmark because a comparable national quarterly history is not published here.
- Mississippi · 2026 Q1-1.7%
- U.S. · latest-quarter benchmark-1.2%
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| Quarter | Mississippi | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | -2.4% | 100% |
| 2024 Q3 | -1.3% | 100% |
| 2024 Q4 | -2.0% | 100% |
| 2025 Q1 | -1.9% | 100% |
| 2025 Q2 | -2.3% | 100% |
| 2025 Q3 | -1.8% | 100% |
| 2025 Q4 | -1.4% | 100% |
| 2026 Q1 | -1.7% | 100% |
How to read this chart
State trend and national reference
The solid line follows Mississippi’s published year-over-year industry employment changes by quarter. The dashed U.S. line is a latest-quarter reference, not a second time series.
- Published quarters
- 8
- Earliest quarter
- 2024 Q2
- Latest quarter
- 2026 Q1
- U.S. benchmark
- -1.2%
Quarters with no published value are omitted rather than interpolated.
Industry context
Where Shoe machine operators and tenders Work
The occupation mix determines which Mississippi industries are weighted into this view.
| Industry group | Occupation mix | Employment change | Establishments | Avg. weekly industry wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 97.1% | -1.7% | 2,404 | $1,284 |
Which industries are growing?
No weighted industry published growth
In January to March 2026, none of the weighted Mississippi industries published a positive year-over-year employment change. Nothing is substituted in its place.
Current Mississippi context
Current Mississippi Market Signals
Statewide indicators for all occupations in Mississippi. They are not Shoe machine operators and tenders demand and are not part of the Job Market Health score.
Statewide job postings
Indeed job postings · Mississippi
Recent hiring-demand context · separate from the health score
Total postings index (seasonally adjusted) by observation date · baseline 100
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View values: Indeed postings index
| Observation date | Index (Feb 2020 = 100) |
|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | 119.67 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 118.90 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 118.68 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 118.60 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 118.87 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 120.05 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 121.72 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 122.40 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 121.65 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 121.99 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 123.06 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 123.93 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 124.97 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | 125.93 |
This is statewide demand across all occupations, not demand for this specific job. Postings are not a count of vacancies or hires, and Indeed does not cover the entire labor market.
Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0. Seven-day average, seasonally adjusted; publisher refreshes weekly and may revise history. Retrieved Nov 1, 2026 · saved source copy. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and samples weekly observations for the chart.
Career context
Related occupations
Related roles from the occupation’s published O*NET profile.
Questions answered by this release
Shoe machine operators and tenders in Mississippi FAQs
Each answer is limited to what QCEW 2026 Q1 actually publishes for this state.
Is employment growing for Shoe machine operators and tenders in Mississippi?
The available QCEW measure is not direct occupation employment. Employment across the Mississippi industries weighted to Shoe machine operators and tenders changed -1.7% year over year in January to March 2026, compared with -1.2% nationwide.
Are wages for Shoe machine operators and tenders rising in Mississippi?
QCEW does not publish pay for Shoe machine operators and tenders in this view. Average weekly wages across the weighted industries changed +3.1% year over year; that must not be read as an occupation salary change.
How complete is this Mississippi industry view?
The three core state trends each meet the site’s coverage floor; the minimum published coverage is 100% of the occupation’s industry mix.
Does this page show current Shoe machine operators and tenders openings?
No. QCEW measures industry employment, establishments and wages. Any postings, news or WARN figures shown here are statewide context and are not occupation-specific openings.
Methodology & sourcesQCEW 2026 Q1 · coverage 100% · full evidence record
Methodology & Sources
Derived by JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix. This is occupation-weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.
- Occupation
- Shoe machine operators and tenders
- SOC code
- 51-6042
- State
- Mississippi
- QCEW release label
- QCEW 2026 Q1
- Data period
- 2026 Q1
- State industry employment, year over year
- -1.7%State data coverage 100%
- U.S. benchmark, year over year
- -1.2%
- Difference from U.S. benchmark
- -0.5 percentage pointsPercentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
- Establishments, year over year
- -0.2%State data coverage 100%
- Average weekly industry wage, year over year
- +3.1%State data coverage 100%
- Industry mix vintage
- EP-2025-2035
- BLS publication date
- Aug 28, 2026
- Source verification
- Verified against the committed source snapshotVerified Sep 17, 2026
- Canonical record URL
- https://jobmarkethealth.com/occupations/shoe-machine-operators-and-tenders/mississippi#evidence-record
- Derived by
- JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix
MethodologyBLS QCEWHow to citeQCEW state context release, 2026 Q1
Weighted industry conditions are not direct occupation employment, occupation wages, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. No causal explanation is inferred.