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

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic earned a median annual wage of $46,060 in the United States in May 2024, with 129,850 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

MEDIAN 2024: $46,060SOURCE: BLS OEWSEvery value source-linked

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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic earned a median annual wage of $46,060 in the United States in May 2024, with 129,850 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The lowest-paid tenth earned $34,130 or less, the best-paid tenth $72,850 or more. Since May 2023 the median moved from $41,600 to $46,060, +10.7 %. The best-paying state is West Virginia at $73,690; the lowest Puerto Rico at $22,640. Among metropolitan areas, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX pays the highest median, $77,520. 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
West Virginia$73,690—
North Dakota$62,400700
Missouri$58,2105,400
Maryland$57,800770
Washington$57,080850
South Dakota$50,870190
Colorado$50,800290
New York$49,6004,150
Idaho$49,590370
Kentucky$49,5705,950
Texas$48,94012,820
Iowa$48,6104,350
Virginia$48,2601,120
Illinois$48,2105,180
Minnesota$47,6402,190
Pennsylvania$47,5308,300
Vermont$47,360140
Nebraska$47,2501,380
Wisconsin$46,6804,280
Louisiana$46,490730
North Carolina$46,4903,200
Oregon$46,0201,560
Tennessee$45,870—
California$45,6103,150
South Carolina$45,5004,000
Kansas$44,850480
Massachusetts$44,7401,580
Arkansas$44,7102,210
Oklahoma$44,5702,460
Maine$44,080430
Indiana$43,8105,520
Ohio$43,60013,670
New Hampshire$43,010670
Michigan$42,3508,820
Utah$40,1801,500
Wyoming$39,950150
Connecticut$39,8902,370
Florida$39,6704,450
Arizona$39,5801,430
Nevada$39,040400
Rhode Island$38,280640
Georgia$37,7703,390
New Jersey$37,4903,390
Alabama$35,8801,470
New Mexico$35,220130
Mississippi$33,700850
Puerto Rico$22,640730

Highest-paying metropolitan areas

Top 20 by median annual wage.

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