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Also called fabric trimmer, finishing trimmer, fur trimmer and hand leather trimmer.
$38,020
Median pay a year
6,060
People do this work
6
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Marking equipment with labels
Operating grinding equipment
Operating cutting equipment
Reading work orders or instructions
Counting finished products
Measuring materials
Weighing finished products
Sorting materials or products
Stacking finished items
Cleaning workpieces or products
Moving equipment between areas
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Hand Cutter and Trimmer
Summary
Cutters and trimmers using hand tools and power tools to cut and shape materials like fabric, metal, and glass, while ensuring quality by marking defects and cleaning finished products
Experience
Hand Cutter and Trimmer
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Cut, shaped, and trimmed materials like textiles and metal using knives and scissors
Trimmed excess material from finished products for a smoother finish
Marked or discarded items with defects like stains or scratches
Read work orders to find dimensions and cutting locations
Positioned templates and measured materials to locate cutting points
Stacked cut items and loaded them onto racks or trucks
Cleaned and polished finished items using grinders and brushes
Skills
Checking & Planning
Marking equipment with labels, Counting finished products, Weighing finished products, Sorting materials or products
Reading work orders or instructions, Measuring materials
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Marked items with defectsTrimmed excess material from productsCut and shaped materials with toolsMeasured materials for cutting pointsRead work orders for cutting detailsMarked cutting lines around templates
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Marked items with defects to maintain quality standards and ensure only acceptable materials were processed
Cut and shaped various materials using hand tools, adhering to specifications for precision and accuracy
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Marked items with defects to maintain quality standards, resulting in fewer defective items processed
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Fewer defective items were processedQuality checks became quicker and easierCustomer satisfaction ratings improved
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Add how often you cut and shaped materials
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Cut and shaped various materials using hand tools, adhering to specifications for precision and accuracy
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Several times each shiftDaily for multiple projectsRegularly for various materials
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The work itself
What a Hand Cutter and Trimmer does
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Use hand tools or hand-held power tools to cut and trim a variety of manufactured items, such as carpet, fabric, stone, glass, or rubber.
What it pays
How much does a Hand Cutter and Trimmer make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$34,050
Median
$38,020
75th percentile
$47,850
About 6,060 people do this work in the United States.
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Below are the tasks a Hand Cutter and Trimmer job is made of. Choose the ones you have really done. There is no wrong answer here, and you can change any of it later.
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Hand Cutter and Trimmer
Already yours: Marking equipment with labels, Operating grinding equipment, Reading work orders or instructions
4 of the 12 tasks this job is made of
Median pay
$38,020 a year
What you have not done yet. Operating cutting equipment, Measuring materials, Weighing finished products
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Already yours: Reading work orders or instructions, Counting finished products
2 of the 12 tasks this job is made of
Median pay
$51,430 a year
What you have not done yet. Assembling precision electronics, Loading materials into production equipment, Reviewing blueprints and instructions
This page is about the occupation Cutters and Trimmers, Hand. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.