Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary

Median Salary
$46,330
per year
Hourly Rate
$22.27
per hour
Employment
171,200
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$35,760
25th percentile
$38,870
Median
$46,330
75th percentile
$55,410
90th percentile
$65,510

💰 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary by State

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StateMedianvs. National
Oregon$53,680+15.9%
Maine$51,820+11.8%
Washington$51,160+10.4%
Colorado$50,790+9.6%
Minnesota$49,770+7.4%
Wisconsin$49,270+6.3%
Alaska$49,010+5.8%
Illinois$48,990+5.7%
Nebraska$48,690+5.1%
Montana$48,490+4.7%
California$48,450+4.6%
North Dakota$48,400+4.5%
Missouri$48,310+4.3%
Iowa$48,240+4.1%
Rhode Island$48,170+4.0%
New Hampshire$48,110+3.8%
Pennsylvania$47,860+3.3%
Nevada$47,690+2.9%
Maryland$47,320+2.1%
Virginia$47,300+2.1%
Indiana$46,980+1.4%
New York$46,930+1.3%
Wyoming$46,890+1.2%
Kansas$46,840+1.1%
Utah$46,670+0.7%
Arizona$46,610+0.6%
Connecticut$46,280-0.1%
Michigan$46,120-0.5%
South Dakota$46,060-0.6%
Kentucky$45,760-1.2%
Massachusetts$45,760-1.2%
New Jersey$45,680-1.4%
Arkansas$45,580-1.6%
Ohio$45,230-2.4%
Georgia$45,080-2.7%
Tennessee$44,780-3.3%
South Carolina$44,420-4.1%
Alabama$43,830-5.4%
Vermont$43,560-6.0%
North Carolina$43,400-6.3%
West Virginia$43,070-7.0%
Texas$42,720-7.8%
Delaware$41,640-10.1%
Oklahoma$40,930-11.7%
Louisiana$40,870-11.8%
Mississippi$40,650-12.3%
Idaho$39,580-14.6%
Florida$39,440-14.9%
New Mexico$39,430-14.9%

🏙️ Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
Flint, MI$78,600+69.7%
Rome, GA$63,740+37.6%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$62,250+34.4%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$60,230+30.0%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$60,080+29.7%
Bellingham, WA$59,380+28.2%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$59,300+28.0%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$58,580+26.4%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$58,240+25.7%
Mankato, MN$57,850+24.9%
Lincoln, NE$57,780+24.7%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$57,290+23.7%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$57,110+23.3%
Albany, OR$56,410+21.8%
Saginaw, MI$55,630+20.1%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$54,920+18.5%
Sandusky, OH$54,770+18.2%
Reading, PA$54,760+18.2%
Bend, OR$53,680+15.9%
Modesto, CA$53,600+15.7%
Appleton, WI$53,560+15.6%
Sheboygan, WI$52,850+14.1%
Kansas City, MO-KS$52,840+14.1%
Rochester, MN$52,830+14.0%
Portland-South Portland, ME$52,780+13.9%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$52,710+13.8%
St. Louis, MO-IL$52,630+13.6%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$52,630+13.6%
Vallejo, CA$52,360+13.0%
Boulder, CO$51,980+12.2%
Fond du Lac, WI$51,780+11.8%
Glens Falls, NY$51,630+11.4%
Jonesboro, AR$51,610+11.4%
Pueblo, CO$51,590+11.4%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$51,160+10.4%
Kenosha, WI$51,130+10.4%
Columbia, MO$51,080+10.3%
Ithaca, NY$50,980+10.0%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$50,920+9.9%
Green Bay, WI$50,820+9.7%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$50,770+9.6%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$50,610+9.2%
Napa, CA$50,510+9.0%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$50,460+8.9%
Salem, OR$50,330+8.6%
Dubuque, IA$49,740+7.4%
Amarillo, TX$49,690+7.3%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$49,610+7.1%
Omaha, NE-IA$49,610+7.1%
Reno, NV$49,600+7.1%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$49,600+7.1%
Longview-Kelso, WA$49,570+7.0%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$49,540+6.9%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$49,520+6.9%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$49,430+6.7%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$49,430+6.7%
Richmond, VA$49,270+6.3%
Billings, MT$49,210+6.2%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$49,040+5.8%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$49,000+5.8%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$49,000+5.8%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$48,920+5.6%
Lancaster, PA$48,780+5.3%
Medford, OR$48,760+5.2%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$48,710+5.1%
Roanoke, VA$48,700+5.1%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$48,650+5.0%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$48,640+5.0%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$48,600+4.9%
Topeka, KS$48,600+4.9%
Winston-Salem, NC$48,520+4.7%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$48,510+4.7%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$48,390+4.4%
St. Cloud, MN$48,370+4.4%
Gettysburg, PA$48,300+4.3%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$48,200+4.0%
Lawrence, KS$48,130+3.9%
Fresno, CA$48,100+3.8%
Lynchburg, VA$48,100+3.8%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$48,080+3.8%
Chambersburg, PA$48,030+3.7%
Huntsville, AL$48,000+3.6%
Colorado Springs, CO$47,890+3.4%
Columbus, IN$47,880+3.3%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$47,830+3.2%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$47,790+3.2%
Evansville, IN$47,790+3.2%
Carson City, NV$47,690+2.9%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$47,630+2.8%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$47,560+2.7%
Gainesville, GA$47,470+2.5%
Duluth, MN-WI$47,410+2.3%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$47,410+2.3%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$47,360+2.2%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$47,330+2.2%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$47,300+2.1%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$47,250+2.0%
Baton Rouge, LA$47,240+2.0%
New Haven, CT$47,240+2.0%
Asheville, NC$47,230+1.9%
Fargo, ND-MN$47,230+1.9%
Greeley, CO$47,190+1.9%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$47,170+1.8%
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$47,160+1.8%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$47,120+1.7%
Rockford, IL$47,030+1.5%
Canton-Massillon, OH$46,990+1.4%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$46,980+1.4%
Yakima, WA$46,960+1.4%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$46,950+1.3%
Kankakee, IL$46,940+1.3%
Pittsburgh, PA$46,940+1.3%
Williamsport, PA$46,930+1.3%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$46,900+1.2%
York-Hanover, PA$46,790+1.0%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$46,740+0.9%
Ogden, UT$46,670+0.7%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$46,640+0.7%
Eau Claire, WI$46,590+0.6%
Rochester, NY$46,580+0.5%
Utica-Rome, NY$46,570+0.5%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$46,540+0.5%
Wausau, WI$46,470+0.3%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$46,380+0.1%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$46,380+0.1%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$46,310-0.0%
Cleveland, OH$46,300-0.1%
Peoria, IL$46,280-0.1%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$46,270-0.1%
Cedar Rapids, IA$46,170-0.3%
Anchorage, AK$46,100-0.5%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$46,060-0.6%
Manhattan, KS$46,030-0.6%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$46,020-0.7%
Muncie, IN$46,010-0.7%
Madison, WI$45,980-0.8%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$45,940-0.8%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$45,930-0.9%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$45,870-1.0%
Tulsa, OK$45,860-1.0%
Grand Junction, CO$45,840-1.1%
Akron, OH$45,770-1.2%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$45,760-1.2%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$45,690-1.4%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$45,650-1.5%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$45,620-1.5%
Midland, TX$45,600-1.6%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$45,570-1.6%
Clarksville, TN-KY$45,560-1.7%
Kingston, NY$45,540-1.7%
Toledo, OH$45,500-1.8%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$45,470-1.9%
Wichita, KS$45,460-1.9%
Tucson, AZ$45,430-1.9%
Knoxville, TN$45,420-2.0%
Decatur, AL$45,350-2.1%
Birmingham, AL$45,270-2.3%
Springfield, MO$45,230-2.4%
Merced, CA$45,130-2.6%
Jackson, MS$45,070-2.7%
Columbus, OH$44,890-3.1%
Jackson, MI$44,840-3.2%
Springfield, OH$44,840-3.2%
Odessa, TX$44,820-3.3%
Florence, SC$44,800-3.3%
Worcester, MA$44,800-3.3%
Bowling Green, KY$44,790-3.3%
Pocatello, ID$44,790-3.3%
Texarkana, TX-AR$44,610-3.7%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$44,550-3.8%
Binghamton, NY$44,440-4.1%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$44,440-4.1%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$44,440-4.1%
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$44,410-4.1%
Lebanon, PA$44,400-4.2%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$44,350-4.3%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$44,220-4.6%
Elmira, NY$44,190-4.6%
Bloomington, IN$44,130-4.7%
Kokomo, IN$44,080-4.9%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$44,060-4.9%
Logan, UT-ID$44,060-4.9%
Mobile, AL$43,960-5.1%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$43,950-5.1%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$43,920-5.2%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$43,830-5.4%
Columbia, SC$43,790-5.5%
Cleveland, TN$43,720-5.6%
Visalia, CA$43,710-5.7%
Syracuse, NY$43,610-5.9%
Erie, PA$43,470-6.2%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$43,420-6.3%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$43,250-6.6%
Jackson, TN$43,150-6.9%
Montgomery, AL$43,030-7.1%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$43,030-7.1%
Fort Wayne, IN$42,960-7.3%
Wilmington, NC$42,890-7.4%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$42,720-7.8%
Ann Arbor, MI$42,650-7.9%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$42,630-8.0%
Burlington, NC$42,480-8.3%
Spartanburg, SC$42,300-8.7%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$42,050-9.2%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$41,980-9.4%
Sherman-Denison, TX$41,740-9.9%
Jacksonville, FL$41,650-10.1%
Dover, DE$41,640-10.1%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$41,530-10.4%
Ocala, FL$41,510-10.4%
Paducah, KY-IL$41,470-10.5%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$41,440-10.6%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$41,320-10.8%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$41,240-11.0%
Niles, MI$41,090-11.3%
Joplin, MO-KS$40,930-11.7%
Oklahoma City, OK$40,930-11.7%
Tuscaloosa, AL$40,920-11.7%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$40,840-11.8%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$40,800-11.9%
Dalton, GA$40,730-12.1%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$40,680-12.2%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$40,620-12.3%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$40,610-12.3%
Boise City, ID$40,560-12.5%
Springfield, MA$40,560-12.5%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$40,480-12.6%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$40,290-13.0%
Wichita Falls, TX$40,260-13.1%
Killeen-Temple, TX$40,180-13.3%
Johnson City, TN$40,110-13.4%
Longview, TX$40,010-13.6%
Abilene, TX$40,000-13.7%
Owensboro, KY$39,970-13.7%
State College, PA$39,940-13.8%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$39,880-13.9%
Morristown, TN$39,860-14.0%
Anniston-Oxford, AL$39,720-14.3%
Traverse City, MI$39,600-14.5%
Lewiston, ID-WA$39,520-14.7%
Battle Creek, MI$39,510-14.7%
Albuquerque, NM$39,440-14.9%
Lima, OH$39,440-14.9%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$39,440-14.9%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$39,370-15.0%
Altoona, PA$39,300-15.2%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$39,150-15.5%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$39,030-15.8%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$39,000-15.8%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$38,890-16.1%
Savannah, GA$38,840-16.2%
Bay City, MI$38,740-16.4%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$38,650-16.6%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$38,580-16.7%
College Station-Bryan, TX$38,500-16.9%
Gadsden, AL$38,420-17.1%
Monroe, MI$38,410-17.1%
Jefferson City, MO$38,400-17.1%
Pittsfield, MA$38,340-17.2%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$38,290-17.4%
Port St. Lucie, FL$38,290-17.4%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$38,230-17.5%
Mansfield, OH$38,200-17.5%
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$38,040-17.9%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$37,880-18.2%
Waco, TX$37,700-18.6%
Dothan, AL$37,590-18.9%
Tyler, TX$37,400-19.3%
Goldsboro, NC$37,390-19.3%
Auburn-Opelika, AL$37,160-19.8%
Rocky Mount, NC$37,090-19.9%
Lubbock, TX$36,980-20.2%
Johnstown, PA$36,960-20.2%
Idaho Falls, ID$36,940-20.3%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$36,610-21.0%
Twin Falls, ID$36,510-21.2%
Corpus Christi, TX$36,370-21.5%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$35,730-22.9%
El Paso, TX$35,410-23.6%
Columbus, GA-AL$35,390-23.6%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$33,840-27.0%
Valdosta, GA$33,820-27.0%
Puerto Rico$24,090-48.0%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$24,090-48.0%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.