Highest-paying Cities for Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

The top 100 highest paying cities for extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, 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 extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $62,160, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina is the highest paying city for extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic. It is followed by Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey (average annual salary $59,220). 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 extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$62,160	$34,420	190
2	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$59,220	$39,150	40
3	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$56,380	$35,140	130
4	Terre Haute, Indiana	$54,560	$37,410	270
5	Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia	$54,380	$28,250	420
6	Albany, Oregon	$53,870	$39,420	70
7	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$52,670	$37,140	600
8	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$51,660	$37,910	50
9	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$50,960	$39,220	40
10	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$50,930	$39,820	60
11	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$50,610	$31,640	50
12	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$50,040	$41,120	510
13	Manchester, New Hampshire	$49,710	$38,690	190
14	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$49,590	$36,540	260
15	Appleton, Wisconsin	$49,520	$27,910	160
16	Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$49,390	$38,510	220
17	Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama	$49,240	$29,700	300
18	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$48,840	$35,120	200
19	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$48,820	$46,890	160
20	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$48,640	$38,530	160
21	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$48,570	$37,120	1,600
22	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$48,120	$36,380	1,290
23	Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$47,690	$33,020	330
24	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$47,610	$35,740	310
25	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$47,580	$35,380	90
26	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$47,390	$38,540	n/a
27	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$47,360	$29,970	200
28	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$47,270	$31,740	520
29	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$47,230	$37,760	870
30	Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$47,210	$28,540	280
31	New Haven, Connecticut	$47,070	$36,130	350
32	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$46,970	$29,830	1,320
33	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$46,950	$36,510	120
34	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$46,870	$36,070	30
35	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$46,800	$38,070	120
36	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$46,700	$34,840	100
37	Staunton-Waynesboro, Virginia	$46,620	$34,730	120
38	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$46,430	$37,310	120
39	St Louis, Missouri	$46,400	$30,420	890
40	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$46,300	$37,170	450
41	St Cloud, Minnesota	$46,200	$39,660	50
42	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$46,100	$34,830	30
43	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$46,000	$31,300	90
44	Waterbury, Connecticut	$45,980	$35,810	140
45	Janesville, Wisconsin	$45,870	$30,010	70
46	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$45,860	$39,370	990
47	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$45,850	$33,760	140
48	Columbia, South Carolina	$45,840	$40,620	100
49	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$45,820	$33,770	50
50	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$45,800	$38,240	390
51	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$45,750	$37,170	560
52	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania	$45,720	$29,540	290
53	Flint, Michigan	$45,520	$31,680	30
54	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$45,500	$24,650	100
55	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$45,360	$40,810	220
56	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$45,340	$34,610	270
57	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$45,290	$27,920	80
58	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$45,250	$36,860	300
59	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$44,950	$24,960	660
60	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$44,900	$31,790	1,480
61	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$44,860	$35,350	90
62	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$44,850	$35,340	90
63	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$44,810	$35,740	120
64	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$44,690	$32,830	250
65	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$44,680	$36,050	120
66	Asheville, North Carolina	$44,590	$34,730	100
67	Utica-Rome, New York	$44,480	$37,640	410
68	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$44,410	$33,740	170
69	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$44,210	$35,570	90
70	Pee Dee South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$44,170	$40,010	n/a
71	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$43,810	$34,290	60
72	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$43,780	$30,420	30
73	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$43,690	$33,870	220
74	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$43,640	$23,800	60
75	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$43,480	$30,660	200
76	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$43,000	$34,540	210
77	Reading, Pennsylvania	$42,810	$26,870	290
78	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$42,740	$33,850	190
79	Wausau, Wisconsin	$42,740	$34,070	50
80	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$42,710	$34,460	110
81	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$42,570	$34,790	140
82	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$42,560	$27,890	n/a
83	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$42,500	$31,140	620
84	Salisbury, Maryland	$42,490	$34,770	50
85	Southern Oregon and Linn County nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$42,480	$27,930	190
86	Decatur, Alabama	$42,470	$38,270	160
87	Pueblo, Colorado	$42,350	$32,620	160
88	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$42,310	$33,290	100
89	Madison, Wisconsin	$42,160	$31,360	190
90	Knoxville, Tennessee	$42,070	$30,110	440
91	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$41,990	$36,040	260
92	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$41,560	$27,950	110
93	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$41,510	$30,170	n/a
94	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$41,500	$37,320	220
95	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$41,450	$30,730	70
96	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$41,430	$38,020	150
97	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$41,340	$32,610	210
98	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$41,180	$35,510	210
99	Kansas City, Missouri	$41,170	$32,640	380
100	Jacksonville, Florida	$40,950	$32,210	170

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