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Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic — wages and employment

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic earned a median annual wage of $48,310 in the United States in May 2024, with 13,810 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

MEDIAN 2024: $48,310SOURCE: BLS OEWSEvery value source-linked

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What stands out

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic earned a median annual wage of $48,310 in the United States in May 2024, with 13,810 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The lowest-paid tenth earned $36,810 or less, the best-paid tenth $75,000 or more. Since May 2023 the median moved from $47,200 to $48,310, +2.4 %. The best-paying state is Washington at $83,240; the lowest Georgia at $37,160. Among metropolitan areas, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA pays the highest median, $99,840. 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
Washington$83,240160
North Dakota$64,15030
Illinois$64,060570
Kansas$62,57030
Maine$62,290—
Connecticut$61,14090
Kentucky$60,270350
Arizona$60,210130
Maryland$58,54050
Nebraska$57,98070
Massachusetts$57,890290
Iowa$57,300320
New York$55,240560
California$54,9601,890
Nevada$54,66090
Indiana$54,070790
Wisconsin$53,530220
Colorado$53,03040
North Carolina$51,130440
Alabama$50,64080
New Hampshire$49,19070
Pennsylvania$49,030410
Minnesota$48,790140
Ohio$47,7701,170
New Jersey$47,170160
Virginia$46,380110
Michigan$46,2801,370
West Virginia$45,880190
Florida$45,410200
Utah$45,00090
Tennessee$43,9301,280
Oklahoma$41,600180
Texas$41,140680
South Carolina$39,680180
Missouri$38,330440
Mississippi$37,890170
Arkansas$37,600140
Georgia$37,160—

Highest-paying metropolitan areas

Top 20 by median annual wage.

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