Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California

The annual salary statistics of plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of plating and coating machine 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 Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$20,370
25th Percentile Wage
$22,240
50th Percentile Wage
$26,250
75th Percentile Wage
$35,370
90th Percentile Wage
$46,400

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for plating and coating machine 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 $46,400. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $26,250. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $20,370.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of plating and coating machine 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
$26,250
0.76% -13.10%
2013
$26,050
-13.97% -
2012
$29,690
- -

Table 2. Compare Plating and Coating Machine 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 $26,250, Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine is the lowest paying city for plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in state of California, following city of San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $45,900). Also we note that in comparison, the annual salary of plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine is about 42.8 percent (42.8%) lower than that of the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$45,900
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$45,630
Stockton
$44,980
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
$43,550
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$39,760
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$39,640
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$39,340
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$39,330
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$38,970
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$37,630
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$37,520
Fresno
$37,450
Bakersfield-Delano
$36,970
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$32,190
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$30,000
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$28,550
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$26,250