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

The top 100 highest paying cities for forging 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 forging 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 $66,230, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is the highest paying city for forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic. It is followed by San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California (average annual salary $62,600). 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 forging 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 Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$66,230	$45,850	50
2	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$62,600	$56,630	80
3	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$60,960	$34,240	60
4	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$59,820	$42,880	190
5	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$56,890	$51,020	180
6	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania	$55,730	$37,310	80
7	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$55,730	$41,170	100
8	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$55,640	$38,000	100
9	Mobile, Alabama	$54,870	$42,970	60
10	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$51,030	$41,290	70
11	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$50,830	$28,960	50
12	Erie, Pennsylvania	$50,690	$44,490	40
13	Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$50,280	$33,090	80
14	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$49,990	$33,350	510
15	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$49,730	$38,460	270
16	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$49,610	$38,490	100
17	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$49,510	$35,810	240
18	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$49,280	$34,490	490
19	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$48,400	$40,120	90
20	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$47,630	$35,440	270
21	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$47,620	$35,650	240
22	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$47,340	$37,030	70
23	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$47,320	$29,460	90
24	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$47,270	$32,660	30
25	Rockford, Illinois	$47,160	$31,490	40
26	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$46,990	$36,960	200
27	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$46,680	$33,510	130
28	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$46,640	$38,100	900
29	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$46,260	$38,260	110
30	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$46,050	$37,930	50
31	Wichita, Kansas	$46,020	$41,890	130
32	Dayton, Ohio	$46,020	$34,580	40
33	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$45,800	$32,910	210
34	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$45,320	$24,290	40
35	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$45,230	$39,620	30
36	Rochester, New York	$45,130	$38,230	40
37	Kansas City, Missouri	$44,970	$33,580	110
38	St Louis, Missouri	$44,900	$28,990	150
39	Clarksville, Tennessee	$44,750	$36,430	50
40	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$44,670	$33,250	150
41	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$44,610	$33,330	60
42	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$44,430	$27,620	110
43	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$44,210	$27,970	80
44	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$43,970	$35,360	70
45	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$43,870	$33,950	n/a
46	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$43,730	$43,710	40
47	Bowling Green, Kentucky	$43,570	$34,710	170
48	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$43,530	$29,470	80
49	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$42,980	$33,770	230
50	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$42,880	$32,460	30
51	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$42,840	$27,470	390
52	Anniston-Oxford, Alabama	$42,470	$27,480	60
53	Memphis, Tennessee	$41,930	$29,400	140
54	Akron, Ohio	$41,740	$34,370	90
55	Knoxville, Tennessee	$41,670	$34,870	100
56	Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$41,660	$27,640	50
57	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$41,600	$24,490	40
58	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$41,520	$30,300	30
59	Altoona, Pennsylvania	$41,400	$17,970	30
60	Jackson, Michigan	$41,160	$28,010	40
61	Columbus, Georgia	$41,150	$30,180	180
62	Columbus, Indiana	$41,080	$35,080	70
63	Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$40,940	$29,750	70
64	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$40,770	$26,260	30
65	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$39,850	$25,760	130
66	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$39,440	$31,110	70
67	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$39,230	$32,410	130
68	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$39,210	$33,420	270
69	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$38,840	$30,050	130
70	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$38,700	$30,180	30
71	Nashua, New Hampshire	$38,570	$28,780	30
72	Worcester, Massachusetts	$38,200	$29,740	30
73	Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas	$38,060	$27,850	n/a
74	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$37,920	$37,850	40
75	Jackson, Tennessee	$37,920	$33,290	40
76	Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Virginia	$37,870	$28,200	50
77	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$37,860	$29,990	50
78	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$37,370	$22,060	90
79	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$37,360	$32,110	80
80	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$37,280	$21,770	90
81	Columbus, Ohio	$36,960	$29,170	120
82	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$36,870	$24,400	650
83	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$36,850	$33,070	240
84	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$36,810	$26,200	40
85	Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$36,790	$26,240	n/a
86	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$36,740	$28,680	30
87	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$36,630	$31,570	n/a
88	New Haven, Connecticut	$36,550	$26,250	60
89	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$36,500	$27,750	50
90	Central Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$36,470	$31,870	80
91	Camden, New Jersey	$36,470	$30,450	50
92	South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$36,330	$26,940	70
93	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$36,170	$25,150	30
94	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$36,140	$32,990	140
95	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$35,900	$28,640	30
96	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$35,760	$30,180	50
97	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$35,500	$25,990	220
98	East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$35,490	$29,410	100
99	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$35,460	$27,980	120
100	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$35,350	$31,830	60

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