Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary
The median pay for drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in the United States is $49,080 a year. About 4,680 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $36,300
- 25th percentile
- $41,710
- Median percentile
- $49,080
- 75th percentile
- $57,940
- 90th percentile
- $68,410
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
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Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- Virginia $90,390
- Massachusetts $77,780
- Idaho $69,590
- Florida $66,340
- Michigan $60,410
- New Hampshire $59,800
- Illinois $56,720
- New York $55,310
- Oklahoma $55,230
- Alabama $53,110
- South Carolina $52,040
- Ohio $51,670
- Colorado $51,280
- Mississippi $49,930
- Wisconsin $49,640
- California $49,080
- Arizona $48,140
- New Jersey $47,870
- Minnesota $47,010
- North Carolina $46,970
- Arkansas $46,730
- Pennsylvania $46,370
- Georgia $46,270
- Tennessee $45,070
- Missouri $44,990
- Texas $44,350
- Iowa $43,860
- Connecticut $41,080
- Indiana $39,110
By metro area
- Boston, MA $79,120
- Detroit, MI $63,320
- Tulsa, OK $58,210
- Peoria, IL $56,840
- Cincinnati, OH $52,260
- Cleveland, OH $51,670
- San Jose, CA $50,920
- New York, NY $50,810
- Los Angeles, CA $49,080
- Elkhart, IN $48,480
- Phoenix, AZ $48,140
- Riverside, CA $47,330
- Minneapolis, MN $47,010
- Houston, TX $46,460
- Atlanta, GA $46,270
- San Diego, CA $45,960
- Chattanooga, TN $41,810
- Knoxville, TN $41,710
- Pittsburgh, PA $40,170
- Oklahoma City, OK $37,340
- Chicago, IL $35,660