51 Series · SOC 51-4081

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$46,060

per year

Median Hourly

$22.14/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$48,590

average

Employment

129,850

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$34,130$38,320$46,060$56,220$72,850
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$16.41$18.42$22.14$27.03$35.02
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$34,130

25th Percentile

$38,320

Median

$46,060

75th Percentile

$56,220

90th Percentile

$72,850

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 West Virginia $73,690 +60% above national
2 North Dakota $62,400 +35% above national
3 Missouri $58,210 +26% above national
4 Maryland $57,800 +25% above national
5 Washington $57,080 +24% above national
6 South Dakota $50,870 +10% above national
7 Colorado $50,800 +10% above national
8 New York $49,600 +8% above national
9 Idaho $49,590 +8% above national
10 Kentucky $49,570 +8% above national
11 Texas $48,940 +6% above national
12 Iowa $48,610 +6% above national
13 Virginia $48,260 +5% above national
14 Illinois $48,210 +5% above national
15 Minnesota $47,640 +3% above national
16 Pennsylvania $47,530 +3% above national
17 Vermont $47,360 +3% above national
18 Nebraska $47,250 +3% above national
19 Wisconsin $46,680 +1% above national
20 Louisiana $46,490 +1% above national
21 North Carolina $46,490 +1% above national
22 Oregon $46,020 same as national
23 Tennessee $45,870 same as national
24 California $45,610 1% below national
25 South Carolina $45,500 1% below national
26 Kansas $44,850 3% below national
27 Massachusetts $44,740 3% below national
28 Arkansas $44,710 3% below national
29 Oklahoma $44,570 3% below national
30 Maine $44,080 4% below national
31 Indiana $43,810 5% below national
32 Ohio $43,600 5% below national
33 New Hampshire $43,010 7% below national
34 Michigan $42,350 8% below national
35 Utah $40,180 13% below national
36 Wyoming $39,950 13% below national
37 Connecticut $39,890 13% below national
38 Florida $39,670 14% below national
39 Arizona $39,580 14% below national
40 Nevada $39,040 15% below national
41 Rhode Island $38,280 17% below national
42 Georgia $37,770 18% below national
43 New Jersey $37,490 19% below national
44 Alabama $35,880 22% below national
45 New Mexico $35,220 24% below national
46 Mississippi $33,700 27% below national
47 Puerto Rico $22,640 51% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $77,520 +68% above national
2 St. Louis, MO-IL $76,950 +67% above national
3 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $68,850 +49% above national
4 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $64,850 +41% above national
5 Sandusky, OH $64,240 +39% above national
6 Grand Forks, ND-MN $63,870 +39% above national
7 West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $62,530 +36% above national
8 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $59,980 +30% above national
9 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $59,460 +29% above national
10 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $58,970 +28% above national
11 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $58,520 +27% above national
12 Burlington, NC $58,250 +26% above national
13 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $57,050 +24% above national
14 Kansas City, MO-KS $56,750 +23% above national
15 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $54,190 +18% above national
16 West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $54,020 +17% above national
17 Rochester, NY $53,920 +17% above national
18 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $53,760 +17% above national
19 Decatur, AL $53,420 +16% above national
20 Roanoke, VA $53,020 +15% above national
21 Lincoln, NE $52,870 +15% above national
22 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $52,680 +14% above national
23 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $52,420 +14% above national
24 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $52,260 +13% above national
25 Logan, UT-ID $51,860 +13% above national
26 Grand Island, NE $51,820 +13% above national
27 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $51,280 +11% above national
28 Cedar Rapids, IA $51,270 +11% above national
29 Fargo, ND-MN $51,110 +11% above national
30 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $50,880 +10% above national
31 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $50,870 +10% above national
32 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $50,800 +10% above national
33 Greensboro-High Point, NC $50,690 +10% above national
34 St. George, UT $50,650 +10% above national
35 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $50,620 +10% above national
36 Chambersburg, PA $50,240 +9% above national
37 Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $50,230 +9% above national
38 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $50,180 +9% above national
39 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $50,030 +9% above national
40 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $50,000 +9% above national
41 Green Bay, WI $49,960 +8% above national
42 Lebanon, PA $49,870 +8% above national
43 Lexington-Fayette, KY $49,820 +8% above national
44 Wausau, WI $49,750 +8% above national
45 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $49,720 +8% above national
46 Elmira, NY $49,600 +8% above national
47 Midland, TX $49,590 +8% above national
48 Birmingham, AL $49,560 +8% above national
49 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $49,430 +7% above national
50 Peoria, IL $49,400 +7% above national
51 Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $49,400 +7% above national
52 Utica-Rome, NY $49,380 +7% above national
53 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $49,360 +7% above national
54 Jefferson City, MO $49,350 +7% above national
55 Lancaster, PA $49,340 +7% above national
56 Tuscaloosa, AL $49,200 +7% above national
57 Terre Haute, IN $49,130 +7% above national
58 Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $49,120 +7% above national
59 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $49,110 +7% above national
60 Reading, PA $49,000 +6% above national
61 Syracuse, NY $48,980 +6% above national
62 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $48,860 +6% above national
63 Albany, OR $48,840 +6% above national
64 Binghamton, NY $48,800 +6% above national
65 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $48,760 +6% above national
66 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $48,690 +6% above national
67 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $48,600 +6% above national
68 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $48,530 +5% above national
69 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $48,470 +5% above national
70 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $48,450 +5% above national
71 Johnstown, PA $48,350 +5% above national
72 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $48,270 +5% above national
73 Ames, IA $48,150 +5% above national
74 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $48,090 +4% above national
75 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $48,090 +4% above national
76 Pittsburgh, PA $47,980 +4% above national
77 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $47,820 +4% above national
78 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $47,800 +4% above national
79 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $47,690 +4% above national
80 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $47,670 +3% above national
81 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $47,600 +3% above national
82 Reno, NV $47,590 +3% above national
83 Athens-Clarke County, GA $47,520 +3% above national
84 Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $47,490 +3% above national
85 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $47,440 +3% above national
86 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $47,360 +3% above national
87 Worcester, MA $47,360 +3% above national
88 Cleveland, OH $47,320 +3% above national
89 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $47,170 +2% above national
90 Elkhart-Goshen, IN $47,170 +2% above national
91 Rockford, IL $47,120 +2% above national
92 Dubuque, IA $47,070 +2% above national
93 Columbia, MO $47,030 +2% above national
94 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $47,000 +2% above national
95 Columbus, GA-AL $46,970 +2% above national
96 Glens Falls, NY $46,970 +2% above national
97 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $46,960 +2% above national
98 Wilmington, NC $46,890 +2% above national
99 Niles, MI $46,870 +2% above national
100 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $46,860 +2% above national
101 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $46,680 +1% above national
102 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $46,680 +1% above national
103 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $46,610 +1% above national
104 Evansville, IN $46,600 +1% above national
105 Portland-South Portland, ME $46,580 +1% above national
106 Baton Rouge, LA $46,530 +1% above national
107 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $46,510 +1% above national
108 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $46,460 +1% above national
109 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $46,440 +1% above national
110 Coeur d'Alene, ID $46,380 +1% above national
111 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $46,380 +1% above national
112 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $46,330 +1% above national
113 Monroe, LA $46,270 same as national
114 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $46,270 same as national
115 Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $46,190 same as national
116 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $46,110 same as national
117 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $46,090 same as national
118 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $46,080 same as national
119 New Haven, CT $46,060 same as national
120 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $46,020 same as national
121 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $46,020 same as national
122 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $45,950 same as national
123 Madison, WI $45,910 same as national
124 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $45,840 same as national
125 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $45,720 1% below national
126 Jackson, TN $45,710 1% below national
127 Richmond, VA $45,680 1% below national
128 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $45,680 1% below national
129 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $45,680 1% below national
130 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $45,570 1% below national
131 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $45,510 1% below national
132 Springfield, MO $45,240 2% below national
133 Tulsa, OK $45,240 2% below national
134 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $45,190 2% below national
135 Knoxville, TN $45,170 2% below national
136 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $45,160 2% below national
137 Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $45,130 2% below national
138 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $44,990 2% below national
139 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $44,850 3% below national
140 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $44,850 3% below national
141 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $44,820 3% below national
142 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $44,690 3% below national
143 Columbus, OH $44,680 3% below national
144 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $44,580 3% below national
145 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $44,530 3% below national
146 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $44,480 3% below national
147 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI $44,450 3% below national
148 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $44,400 4% below national
149 Williamsport, PA $44,380 4% below national
150 North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $44,320 4% below national
151 Appleton, WI $44,290 4% below national
152 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $44,220 4% below national
153 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $44,180 4% below national
154 Raleigh-Cary, NC $44,170 4% below national
155 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $44,140 4% below national
156 Youngstown-Warren, OH $44,100 4% below national
157 Jacksonville, FL $44,090 4% below national
158 Springfield, MA $44,050 4% below national
159 Eugene-Springfield, OR $43,980 5% below national
160 Joplin, MO-KS $43,920 5% below national
161 Champaign-Urbana, IL $43,880 5% below national
162 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $43,860 5% below national
163 Ann Arbor, MI $43,740 5% below national
164 Winston-Salem, NC $43,740 5% below national
165 Jonesboro, AR $43,670 5% below national
166 Eau Claire, WI $43,660 5% below national
167 Sheboygan, WI $43,630 5% below national
168 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $43,570 5% below national
169 Pueblo, CO $43,500 6% below national
170 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $43,280 6% below national
171 York-Hanover, PA $43,240 6% below national
172 Asheville, NC $43,200 6% below national
173 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $43,190 6% below national
174 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $43,170 6% below national
175 Waco, TX $42,940 7% below national
176 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $42,940 7% below national
177 Mansfield, OH $42,820 7% below national
178 Erie, PA $42,680 7% below national
179 Columbus, IN $42,650 7% below national
180 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $42,570 8% below national
181 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $42,540 8% below national
182 Canton-Massillon, OH $42,110 9% below national
183 Florence, SC $42,040 9% below national
184 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $41,630 10% below national
185 Manchester-Nashua, NH $41,570 10% below national
186 Janesville-Beloit, WI $41,320 10% below national
187 Lewiston-Auburn, ME $41,230 10% below national
188 West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $41,020 11% below national
189 Fresno, CA $40,920 11% below national
190 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $40,770 11% below national
191 Stockton-Lodi, CA $40,730 12% below national
192 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $40,570 12% below national
193 Fort Wayne, IN $40,510 12% below national
194 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $40,510 12% below national
195 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $40,470 12% below national
196 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $40,290 13% below national
197 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $40,230 13% below national
198 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $40,170 13% below national
199 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $40,150 13% below national
200 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $40,140 13% below national
201 Chattanooga, TN-GA $40,090 13% below national
202 Flint, MI $40,040 13% below national
203 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $40,010 13% below national
204 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $39,970 13% below national
205 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $39,910 13% below national
206 Boise City, ID $39,900 13% below national
207 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $39,900 13% below national
208 Spartanburg, SC $39,890 13% below national
209 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $39,860 13% below national
210 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $39,790 14% below national
211 Columbia, SC $39,780 14% below national
212 Oklahoma City, OK $39,750 14% below national
213 Akron, OH $39,740 14% below national
214 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $39,640 14% below national
215 Omaha, NE-IA $39,440 14% below national
216 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI $39,180 15% below national
217 East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $39,120 15% below national
218 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $39,090 15% below national
219 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $39,060 15% below national
220 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $39,030 15% below national
221 Rocky Mount, NC $39,010 15% below national
222 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $39,000 15% below national
223 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $38,880 16% below national
224 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $38,870 16% below national
225 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $38,820 16% below national
226 North Florida nonmetropolitan area $38,730 16% below national
227 Toledo, OH $38,530 16% below national
228 Saginaw, MI $38,500 16% below national
229 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $38,500 16% below national
230 Kenosha, WI $38,470 16% below national
231 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $38,350 17% below national
232 Battle Creek, MI $38,230 17% below national
233 Ocala, FL $38,200 17% below national
234 Longview, TX $38,130 17% below national
235 Greenville, NC $38,050 17% below national
236 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $38,040 17% below national
237 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $38,020 17% below national
238 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $38,010 17% below national
239 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $37,740 18% below national
240 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $37,720 18% below national
241 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $37,640 18% below national
242 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $37,510 19% below national
243 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $37,490 19% below national
244 Macon-Bibb County, GA $37,440 19% below national
245 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $37,440 19% below national
246 Ogden, UT $37,390 19% below national
247 Muncie, IN $37,020 20% below national
248 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $36,850 20% below national
249 Wichita, KS $36,430 21% below national
250 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $36,210 21% below national
251 Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $35,880 22% below national
252 Gainesville, GA $35,760 22% below national
253 El Paso, TX $35,660 23% below national
254 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $35,550 23% below national
255 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $35,460 23% below national
256 Tucson, AZ $35,040 24% below national
257 Auburn-Opelika, AL $34,980 24% below national
258 Anniston-Oxford, AL $34,850 24% below national
259 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $34,790 24% below national
260 East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $34,750 25% below national
261 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $34,720 25% below national
262 Killeen-Temple, TX $34,350 25% below national
263 Rome, GA $34,300 26% below national
264 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $34,300 26% below national
265 Montgomery, AL $34,280 26% below national
266 Jackson, MI $34,140 26% below national
267 West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $34,010 26% below national
268 Sumter, SC $33,690 27% below national
269 Jackson, MS $31,500 32% below national
270 Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $30,580 34% below national
271 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $28,080 39% below national

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