Pipelayers vs Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Side-by-side salary comparison using official BLS data.

💰 Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic earns $80 more per year at the median.

MetricPipelayersDrilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Median Salary$49,000$49,080
10th Percentile$37,730$36,300
90th Percentile$80,170$68,410
Hourly Rate$23.56$23.60
Total Employment33,0504,680
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS.