Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary
The median pay for extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in the United States is $47,720 a year. About 60,840 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $36,700
- 25th percentile
- $40,450
- Median percentile
- $47,720
- 75th percentile
- $56,840
- 90th percentile
- $63,710
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
- Rhode Island $61,350
- Vermont $59,220
- North Carolina $53,330
- Nebraska $52,360
- Minnesota $51,830
- New Jersey $51,180
- Pennsylvania $51,150
- Colorado $51,110
- Massachusetts $50,370
- Connecticut $50,230
- Wisconsin $50,230
- New Hampshire $50,210
- Arkansas $50,150
- Kentucky $50,000
- Oregon $49,650
- South Dakota $49,620
- Indiana $49,420
- South Carolina $49,040
- Utah $49,000
- New York $48,930
- Illinois $48,520
- Georgia $48,410
- Louisiana $47,930
- Alabama $47,690
- Tennessee $47,550
- Iowa $47,240
- Washington $47,230
- Maryland $46,730
- Maine $46,550
- Ohio $46,340
- Kansas $46,270
- Delaware $46,140
- Missouri $46,050
- Wyoming $45,950
- Texas $45,890
- California $45,880
- New Mexico $45,670
- Virginia $45,220
- Michigan $45,140
- Arizona $45,000
- West Virginia $44,510
- Mississippi $44,220
- Nevada $44,210
- Florida $39,730
- Oklahoma $38,820
By metro area
- Burlington, VT $64,760
- Oshkosh, WI $64,760
- Cedar Rapids, IA $64,520
- Appleton, WI $61,960
- Lincoln, NE $61,570
- Duluth, MN $61,530
- Pittsburgh, PA $60,820
- Greensboro, NC $60,390
- Allentown, PA $57,370
- Fort Wayne, IN $56,970
- Manchester, NH $56,820
- Columbia, SC $56,430
- Providence, RI $56,020
- New York, NY $55,960
- Staunton, VA $55,790
- Louisville/Jefferson County, KY $55,420
- Fort Smith, AR $55,380
- St. Louis, MO $54,610
- Reading, PA $54,490
- Bridgeport, CT $54,170
- Hickory, NC $53,800
- San Francisco, CA $53,670
- Baton Rouge, LA $53,240
- Terre Haute, IN $52,510
- Birmingham, AL $51,810
- Minneapolis, MN $51,510
- Hartford, CT $51,410
- Harrisburg, PA $51,230
- Boston, MA $51,220
- Bloomington, IN $51,200
- Janesville, WI $51,200
- Knoxville, TN $51,170
- Asheville, NC $50,880
- Worcester, MA $50,660
- Evansville, IN $49,970
- Scranton, PA $49,840
- Green Bay, WI $49,660
- New Haven, CT $49,590
- Charlotte, NC $49,450
- Washington, DC $49,420
- Kankakee, IL $49,280
- Salt Lake City, UT $49,010
- Waterbury, CT $48,980
- Rochester, NY $48,940
- Midland, MI $48,750
- Kansas City, MO $48,680
- Wausau, WI $48,660
- Chicago, IL $48,630
- Dallas, TX $48,590
- Atlanta, GA $48,570
- Greenville, SC $48,550
- Seattle, WA $48,520
- Little Rock, AR $48,510
- Philadelphia, PA $48,370
- Syracuse, NY $48,260
- Jackson, TN $48,250
- Chattanooga, TN $48,160
- Sheboygan, WI $48,080
- Cincinnati, OH $47,990
- Charleston, SC $47,970
- Ogden, UT $47,960
- Dalton, GA $47,940
- Eau Claire, WI $47,850
- Portland, OR $47,630
- Morristown, TN $47,240
- York, PA $47,220
- Toledo, OH $47,210
- San Diego, CA $47,200
- Buffalo, NY $47,180
- Akron, OH $47,110
- Columbus, OH $47,090
- Gainesville, GA $46,930
- Elkhart, IN $46,890
- Winston, NC $46,860
- Canton, OH $46,800
- Kiryas Joel, NY $46,750
- Baltimore, MD $46,730
- Richmond, VA $46,670
- Utica, NY $46,660
- Milwaukee, WI $46,520
- Nashville, TN $46,420
- Lancaster, PA $46,400
- Stockton, CA $46,390
- Reno, NV $46,250
- Madison, WI $46,150
- Los Angeles, CA $46,010
- Phoenix, AZ $45,960
- Memphis, TN $45,950
- Denver, CO $45,790
- Virginia Beach, VA $45,760
- Cleveland, OH $45,410
- Detroit, MI $45,250
- St. Cloud, MN $45,220
- Clarksville, TN $45,180
- Riverside, CA $45,170
- Oxnard, CA $45,160
- Athens, GA $45,140
- Tulsa, OK $45,100
- Lynchburg, VA $44,840
- Alexandria, LA $44,800
- Indianapolis, IN $44,790
- Dayton, OH $44,730
- Springfield, MA $44,450
- Visalia, CA $44,420
- Orlando, FL $44,280
- Tampa, FL $44,210
- El Paso, TX $43,890
- Houston, TX $42,650
- Johnson City, TN $42,140
- Grand Rapids, MI $41,970
- Modesto, CA $41,850
- Fresno, CA $41,810
- Erie, PA $41,430
- Oklahoma City, OK $41,120
- Jackson, MS $41,080
- Jackson, MI $40,840
- San Antonio, TX $40,790
- Roanoke, VA $40,530
- Youngstown, OH $40,460
- Raleigh, NC $40,160