Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary
The median pay for plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in the United States is $43,960 a year. About 32,410 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $33,790
- 25th percentile
- $37,260
- Median percentile
- $43,960
- 75th percentile
- $49,600
- 90th percentile
- $60,370
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
- Iowa $70,910
- Washington $58,000
- Mississippi $52,090
- Arkansas $51,140
- Oklahoma $49,330
- Oregon $48,050
- Nebraska $48,010
- Colorado $47,930
- Arizona $47,110
- Utah $46,940
- Ohio $46,790
- California $46,760
- Minnesota $46,730
- Florida $46,460
- New Hampshire $46,300
- Massachusetts $46,150
- Maine $45,720
- Pennsylvania $45,590
- New York $45,510
- South Carolina $44,560
- Idaho $44,470
- Wisconsin $44,350
- Missouri $44,080
- North Carolina $43,540
- Virginia $43,380
- Maryland $42,030
- New Jersey $40,800
- Tennessee $39,510
- Georgia $39,160
- Texas $39,060
- Kansas $38,770
- Indiana $38,680
- Illinois $38,620
- Rhode Island $38,580
- Michigan $37,600
- Nevada $37,460
- Connecticut $37,220
- Kentucky $34,680
- Louisiana $34,040
- Alabama $33,730
By metro area
- Ogden, UT $70,490
- Oklahoma City, OK $65,040
- Omaha, NE $61,880
- Oshkosh, WI $59,720
- Seattle, WA $58,400
- Jacksonville, FL $56,350
- Reading, PA $55,230
- San Francisco, CA $53,680
- San Jose, CA $50,870
- Santa Rosa, CA $50,520
- Lancaster, PA $50,080
- New Haven, CT $49,100
- South Bend, IN $48,810
- Philadelphia, PA $48,690
- Allentown, PA $48,610
- Columbus, OH $48,610
- Spokane, WA $48,360
- Portland, OR $48,250
- Lincoln, NE $48,040
- Denver, CO $47,930
- Tampa, FL $47,740
- Nashville, TN $47,630
- Cleveland, OH $47,440
- Washington, DC $47,410
- Boston, MA $47,310
- Spartanburg, SC $47,310
- Phoenix, AZ $47,200
- Dayton, OH $46,790
- Minneapolis, MN $46,760
- Milwaukee, WI $46,630
- Los Angeles, CA $46,420
- San Diego, CA $46,130
- Cincinnati, OH $46,120
- Stockton, CA $46,120
- Portland, ME $45,720
- Utica, NY $45,650
- Kansas City, MO $45,540
- Charleston, SC $45,520
- Youngstown, OH $45,480
- Sacramento, CA $45,300
- Riverside, CA $45,050
- Springfield, MA $45,000
- Tulsa, OK $44,970
- New York, NY $44,880
- Charlotte, NC $44,840
- Akron, OH $44,630
- Greenville, SC $44,600
- Pittsburgh, PA $44,590
- Rochester, NY $44,540
- Miami, FL $43,840
- Buffalo, NY $43,250
- Virginia Beach, VA $43,110
- Scranton, PA $43,020
- Memphis, TN $42,990
- Salt Lake City, UT $42,900
- Appleton, WI $42,340
- York, PA $42,290
- Oxnard, CA $42,280
- Monroe, MI $42,240
- Provo, UT $41,870
- Baltimore, MD $41,610
- Jackson, MI $41,190
- San Antonio, TX $41,010
- Greensboro, NC $40,040
- Indianapolis, IN $40,040
- Austin, TX $39,820
- Tucson, AZ $39,520
- Huntsville, AL $39,480
- Knoxville, TN $39,440
- Dallas, TX $39,420
- Elkhart, IN $39,230
- Fort Wayne, IN $39,210
- Atlanta, GA $39,190
- Battle Creek, MI $39,070
- Green Bay, WI $39,010
- Houston, TX $38,880
- Chicago, IL $38,830
- Wichita, KS $38,770
- Providence, RI $38,740
- Fresno, CA $38,380
- Columbus, IN $38,280
- Louisville/Jefferson County, KY $38,240
- Jackson, TN $38,220
- Rockford, IL $37,840
- Detroit, MI $37,820
- Reno, NV $37,460
- Ann Arbor, MI $37,450
- Waterbury, CT $37,160
- Kingsport, TN $37,090
- Grand Rapids, MI $36,960
- Bridgeport, CT $36,900
- Erie, PA $36,870
- Syracuse, NY $36,720
- St. Louis, MO $36,380
- Lansing, MI $36,330
- Hartford, CT $35,770
- Muskegon, MI $35,620
- Niles, MI $35,290
- Kalamazoo, MI $35,110
- Birmingham, AL $33,430
- Kenosha, WI $28,990
- Lexington, KY $28,380
- Chattanooga, TN $27,520
- Huntington, WV $25,990