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Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic — wages and employment

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic earned a median annual wage of $46,980 in the United States in May 2024, with 65,700 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

MEDIAN 2024: $46,980SOURCE: BLS OEWSEvery value source-linked

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Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic earned a median annual wage of $46,980 in the United States in May 2024, with 65,700 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The lowest-paid tenth earned $35,390 or less, the best-paid tenth $62,470 or more. Since May 2023 the median moved from $44,390 to $46,980, +5.8 %. The best-paying state is Rhode Island at $64,860; the lowest Puerto Rico at $19,930. Among metropolitan areas, Baton Rouge, LA pays the highest median, $103,300. Wages are as published by BLS for May of each year; '≥ $239,200' is BLS's top code. Every value links to its fact record.

United States, year by year

Annual wages at the median, mean and four percentiles; employment is the May estimate.

By state

Median annual wage, May 2024, highest first. Each state has its own record with the full series.

StateMedian annualEmployment
Rhode Island$64,860380
Minnesota$54,340820
Maryland$53,190260
Vermont$52,900120
North Carolina$51,9304,370
South Carolina$50,7502,310
Nebraska$50,750510
Louisiana$50,610860
Delaware$50,410490
Arizona$49,850390
New Jersey$49,540810
Colorado$49,510260
Illinois$49,0701,900
Connecticut$49,0201,060
Wisconsin$48,8402,890
New Hampshire$48,820640
Arkansas$48,5701,050
Massachusetts$48,2901,840
South Dakota$48,06090
New York$48,0501,980
Pennsylvania$47,6703,660
Michigan$47,6601,800
West Virginia$47,360200
Indiana$47,2803,750
Virginia$47,2601,030
Kentucky$47,1701,540
Georgia$46,9302,550
Iowa$46,590630
Oregon$46,230280
Maine$45,88060
Washington$45,750890
Texas$45,2805,220
California$44,9704,860
Utah$44,910730
Oklahoma$44,770510
New Mexico$44,34070
Wyoming$44,07040
Tennessee$43,6603,790
Kansas$43,6601,000
Ohio$43,3204,150
Missouri$42,6401,290
Alabama$41,7501,940
Mississippi$40,700690
Florida$40,1501,440
Idaho$39,840110
Nevada$38,430350
Puerto Rico$19,930460

Highest-paying metropolitan areas

Top 20 by median annual wage.

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