Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California

The annual salary statistics of heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$19,780
25th Percentile Wage
$24,430
50th Percentile Wage
$31,470
75th Percentile Wage
$39,160
90th Percentile Wage
$47,770

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $47,770. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $31,470. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $19,780.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic from 2012 to 2014. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth2-Year Growth
2014
$31,470
0.83% 6.13%
2013
$31,210
5.35% -
2012
$29,540
- -

Table 2. Compare Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $31,470, Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine is the lowest paying city for heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in state of California, following city of San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $55,410). In comparison, the median annual salary of heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine is 43.2 percent (43.2%) lower than that in the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$55,410
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$54,450
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$53,490
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$47,590
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$43,980
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$43,160
Vallejo-Fairfield
$41,130
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$39,550
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$38,710
Fresno
$37,560
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$33,820
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$31,470