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Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic — wages and employment

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic earned a median annual wage of $48,620 in the United States in May 2024, with 18,970 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

MEDIAN 2024: $48,620SOURCE: BLS OEWSEvery value source-linked

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What stands out

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic earned a median annual wage of $48,620 in the United States in May 2024, with 18,970 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The lowest-paid tenth earned $36,200 or less, the best-paid tenth $65,450 or more. Since May 2023 the median moved from $47,110 to $48,620, +3.2 %. The best-paying state is Maine at $62,120; the lowest Mississippi at $31,480. Among metropolitan areas, Greeley, CO pays the highest median, $71,150. 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
Maine$62,120100
Colorado$59,850100
Massachusetts$59,430420
Pennsylvania$58,910760
Washington$57,84040
Minnesota$57,820150
Nebraska$57,640150
Utah$57,50050
New Jersey$55,810230
Maryland$55,68060
Illinois$55,6201,430
Arizona$52,620260
Indiana$52,1901,250
West Virginia$51,98080
Wisconsin$51,540410
Vermont$50,84050
North Carolina$50,580460
New Hampshire$50,010140
New York$49,650790
Louisiana$48,920100
Iowa$48,780220
Ohio$47,8901,500
Connecticut$47,860800
California$47,6602,330
Missouri$47,560230
Texas$47,4502,100
Alabama$47,06060
Florida$46,490360
Michigan$46,4701,750
Tennessee$46,4001,060
Georgia$45,510110
South Carolina$44,980180
Kansas$44,310220
Nevada$43,26040
Kentucky$43,090200
Rhode Island$40,23040
Oklahoma$39,110200
Arkansas$38,160220
Virginia$37,940220
Mississippi$31,48060

Highest-paying metropolitan areas

Top 20 by median annual wage.

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