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Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic — wages and employment

Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic earned a median annual wage of $47,450 in the United States in May 2024, with 14,590 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

MEDIAN 2024: $47,450SOURCE: BLS OEWSEvery value source-linked

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Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic earned a median annual wage of $47,450 in the United States in May 2024, with 14,590 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The lowest-paid tenth earned $35,260 or less, the best-paid tenth $64,290 or more. Since May 2020 the median moved from $39,530 to $47,450, +20.0 %. The best-paying state is Washington at $64,040; the lowest Arkansas at $34,970. Among metropolitan areas, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA pays the highest median, $66,860. Wages are as published by BLS for May of each year; '≥ $239,200' is BLS's top code for May 2024 (the cap changes by year). 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$64,040140
Oregon$62,200160
Colorado$56,81080
Massachusetts$55,340190
West Virginia$55,10060
New York$52,470280
Kentucky$51,360260
Kansas$50,89080
Arizona$50,220140
New Hampshire$50,17060
Iowa$49,560160
Ohio$49,4601,580
Pennsylvania$49,2501,410
Virginia$48,680140
Indiana$48,590990
Mississippi$48,360100
Michigan$48,3201,220
California$48,280800
Missouri$48,070320
Wisconsin$47,950510
Nebraska$47,30050
Minnesota$46,940110
Utah$46,360110
South Carolina$45,310460
New Jersey$45,100210
Alabama$44,720150
Texas$43,9101,940
Florida$43,780180
North Carolina$43,580350
Illinois$41,710960
Oklahoma$41,270140
Georgia$40,670440
Tennessee$38,170180
Connecticut$38,000230
Arkansas$34,970240

Highest-paying metropolitan areas

Top 20 by median annual wage.

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