Highest-paying Cities for Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic

The top 100 highest paying cities for computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $71,490, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana is the highest paying city for computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic. It is followed by Wilmington, North Carolina (average annual salary $70,450). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$71,490	$40,520	50
2	Wilmington, North Carolina	$70,450	$63,500	820
3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$67,790	$39,620	1,480
4	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$61,800	$35,930	1,140
5	Manchester, New Hampshire	$59,150	$36,660	870
6	Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois	$58,480	$30,760	n/a
7	Tacoma, Washington	$57,310	$27,980	320
8	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$56,800	$35,180	910
9	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$56,350	$34,250	50
10	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$55,690	$34,590	730
11	Monroe, Michigan	$54,990	$42,430	30
12	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$53,400	$33,630	40
13	Fargo, North Dakota	$53,130	$34,860	70
14	Framingham, Massachusetts	$51,880	$32,640	130
15	Elmira, New York	$51,380	$28,490	120
16	Midland, Texas	$50,670	$35,360	50
17	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$50,220	$29,990	1,760
18	Springfield, Massachusetts	$50,150	$34,350	740
19	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$50,150	$29,370	60
20	Peabody, Massachusetts	$49,930	$40,940	120
21	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$49,520	$31,320	360
22	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$49,490	$32,680	250
23	Lafayette, Louisiana	$49,170	$41,260	160
24	Odessa, Texas	$49,160	$33,030	160
25	Prescott, Arizona	$49,110	$41,380	70
26	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$48,510	$34,600	720
27	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$48,410	$32,850	n/a
28	Flagstaff, Arizona	$48,200	$33,090	n/a
29	Appleton, Wisconsin	$48,190	$32,650	440
30	Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$48,120	$33,990	160
31	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$48,010	$26,100	30
32	Enid, Oklahoma	$48,000	$33,720	50
33	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$47,980	$32,520	2,290
34	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$47,580	$30,920	1,770
35	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$47,510	$33,250	40
36	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$47,500	$34,890	90
37	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$47,210	$32,790	50
38	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$47,050	$32,160	290
39	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$47,020	$34,550	550
40	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$46,990	$32,950	40
41	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$46,690	$33,710	350
42	Bend, Oregon	$46,350	$34,360	60
43	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$46,250	$34,260	290
44	Wausau, Wisconsin	$46,190	$34,780	330
45	Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$46,170	$30,770	80
46	Lima, Ohio	$46,070	$28,640	70
47	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$46,070	$35,720	230
48	St Cloud, Minnesota	$45,860	$37,150	120
49	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$45,840	$37,220	890
50	Savannah, Georgia	$45,810	$33,060	50
51	Fort Smith, Oklahoma	$45,750	$36,710	230
52	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$45,650	$31,830	220
53	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$45,640	$34,050	130
54	Lynchburg, Virginia	$45,530	$34,740	50
55	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$45,450	$29,910	1,820
56	Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina	$45,450	$40,300	80
57	Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$45,400	$24,760	100
58	South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$45,350	$26,100	200
59	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$45,310	$35,100	30
60	Yakima, Washington	$45,250	$33,060	100
61	Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$45,220	$36,000	150
62	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$45,160	$29,830	410
63	Gary, Indiana	$45,160	$31,010	290
64	Ithaca, New York	$45,140	$31,880	60
65	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$45,110	$34,260	30
66	Waterbury, Connecticut	$45,070	$23,660	80
67	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$45,000	$28,310	370
68	Jefferson City, Missouri	$44,930	$32,160	50
69	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$44,870	$28,040	260
70	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$44,850	$32,380	40
71	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$44,850	$27,710	1,320
72	Danbury, Connecticut	$44,810	$32,530	90
73	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$44,800	$31,330	310
74	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$44,760	$33,520	470
75	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$44,640	$30,130	4,770
76	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$44,620	$27,750	240
77	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$44,600	$35,780	170
78	Wilmington, New Jersey	$44,600	$32,670	460
79	Winnsboro nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$44,590	$40,250	60
80	Akron, Ohio	$44,550	$31,190	810
81	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$44,380	$25,010	570
82	Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$44,370	$19,160	90
83	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$44,360	$29,560	170
84	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$44,230	$29,010	2,490
85	Worcester, Massachusetts	$44,220	$28,680	380
86	Mobile, Alabama	$44,200	$29,850	40
87	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$44,120	$28,490	110
88	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$44,120	$28,110	50
89	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$44,060	$34,410	120
90	Stockton, California	$44,050	$28,450	110
91	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$44,030	$33,250	300
92	Wichita, Kansas	$43,960	$30,510	930
93	Tyler, Texas	$43,940	$32,320	50
94	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$43,850	$28,190	130
95	Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$43,810	$33,590	70
96	Abilene, Texas	$43,720	$32,220	n/a
97	Port St Lucie, Florida	$43,700	$31,370	40
98	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$43,650	$29,840	440
99	East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania	$43,590	$27,490	80
100	St Joseph, Missouri	$43,520	$31,960	100

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