Highest-paying Cities for Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

The top 100 highest paying cities for extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders (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, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $64,540, Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas is the highest paying city for extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders. It is followed by Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York (average annual salary $59,660). 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, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$64,540	$29,030	80
2	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$59,660	$36,510	150
3	Olympia, Washington	$56,980	$41,950	30
4	Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$55,370	$28,440	230
5	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$55,240	$30,010	110
6	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$55,010	$30,980	60
7	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$54,830	$41,150	750
8	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$54,420	$35,180	100
9	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$54,000	$22,650	30
10	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$53,970	$37,690	180
11	Central Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$53,910	$23,590	80
12	St Joseph, Missouri	$53,680	$30,300	60
13	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$53,610	$35,720	140
14	New Haven, Connecticut	$52,360	$36,260	90
15	Florence, South Carolina	$52,320	$24,010	130
16	Elmira, New York	$52,160	$40,670	n/a
17	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$51,710	$31,910	130
18	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$51,420	$36,870	200
19	Albany, Oregon	$51,220	$35,830	50
20	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$51,120	$38,130	80
21	Greeley, Colorado	$50,990	$38,240	30
22	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$50,800	$37,020	50
23	Duluth, Wisconsin	$50,750	$33,280	80
24	Coeur dAlene, Idaho	$50,690	$26,900	n/a
25	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$50,230	$39,190	110
26	Longview, Washington	$50,150	$33,970	80
27	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$50,130	$31,170	130
28	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$49,910	$31,730	700
29	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$49,790	$26,070	80
30	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$49,190	$35,400	190
31	Stockton, California	$49,180	$35,030	180
32	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$49,160	$29,680	330
33	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$48,940	$32,900	280
34	Modesto, California	$48,920	$34,970	160
35	Gadsden, Alabama	$48,670	$24,860	230
36	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$48,620	$29,650	140
37	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$48,290	$26,000	90
38	Salt Lake City, Utah	$48,280	$31,350	190
39	Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$48,150	$42,850	90
40	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$48,140	$30,760	50
41	Columbia, South Carolina	$48,030	$37,320	180
42	Joplin, Missouri	$48,010	$34,510	90
43	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$47,940	$34,900	110
44	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$47,710	$31,900	170
45	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$47,590	$31,040	450
46	Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$47,580	$30,220	150
47	Roanoke, Virginia	$47,540	$34,250	90
48	Wausau, Wisconsin	$47,460	$34,950	80
49	Appleton, Wisconsin	$47,440	$26,420	60
50	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$47,370	$41,850	180
51	Warner Robins, Georgia	$47,330	$30,280	50
52	Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$47,250	$24,170	70
53	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$47,240	$34,020	390
54	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$47,230	$40,110	480
55	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$47,160	$29,460	440
56	Macon, Georgia	$47,160	$35,910	80
57	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$47,080	$41,970	360
58	Jonesboro, Arkansas	$47,040	$28,610	50
59	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$47,030	$35,690	540
60	Wilmington, North Carolina	$46,850	$40,660	320
61	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$46,810	$29,830	300
62	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$46,640	$33,990	60
63	Dalton, Georgia	$46,640	$37,630	90
64	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$46,480	$34,340	120
65	North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$46,450	$28,260	160
66	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$46,440	$31,670	30
67	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$46,380	$36,420	80
68	Muskegon-Norton Shores, Michigan	$46,380	$37,420	410
69	Columbus, Ohio	$46,340	$32,620	350
70	Syracuse, New York	$46,230	$35,380	40
71	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$46,030	$38,010	210
72	Reading, Pennsylvania	$45,970	$38,710	110
73	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$45,950	$31,820	700
74	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$45,850	$30,280	30
75	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$45,850	$32,150	n/a
76	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$45,780	$29,620	380
77	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$45,780	$30,950	40
78	Topeka, Kansas	$45,740	$31,940	50
79	Monroe, Michigan	$45,740	$35,950	n/a
80	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$45,650	$36,330	220
81	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$45,470	$33,940	60
82	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$45,280	$34,190	40
83	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$45,270	$32,640	1,030
84	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$45,110	$32,590	100
85	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$44,810	$31,430	2,860
86	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$44,800	$31,990	80
87	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$44,600	$36,900	140
88	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$44,590	$24,540	130
89	St Louis, Missouri	$44,570	$31,080	790
90	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$44,380	$31,500	130
91	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$44,320	$38,280	30
92	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$44,310	$39,300	130
93	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$44,140	$36,330	160
94	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$44,110	$37,370	300
95	Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$43,970	$25,550	50
96	Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$43,730	$24,790	720
97	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$43,680	$30,130	50
98	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$43,670	$33,240	240
99	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$43,670	$28,930	80
100	Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas	$43,670	$17,960	30

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