Highest-paying Cities for Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

The top 100 highest paying cities for lathe and turning machine tool 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 lathe and turning machine tool 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 $70,170, Peabody, Massachusetts is the highest paying city for lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic. It is followed by Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana (average annual salary $62,400). 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 lathe and turning machine tool 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 Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Peabody, Massachusetts	$70,170	$61,510	110
2	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$62,400	$37,860	500
3	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$62,100	$42,310	330
4	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$61,430	$37,360	250
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$58,650	$39,880	330
6	Columbia, South Carolina	$57,820	$45,750	70
7	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$56,610	$50,400	40
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$55,070	$43,180	30
9	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$54,870	$33,820	n/a
10	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$54,680	$51,040	60
11	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$54,220	$48,080	190
12	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$54,060	$26,910	n/a
13	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$53,340	$32,140	70
14	Mansfield, Ohio	$53,300	$36,460	30
15	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$52,990	$37,130	190
16	Modesto, California	$52,830	$30,340	40
17	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$51,710	$36,540	390
18	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$51,350	$32,510	n/a
19	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$51,080	$39,760	460
20	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$50,890	$33,960	160
21	Peoria, Illinois	$50,810	$49,910	100
22	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$50,620	$37,420	170
23	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$50,440	$49,920	190
24	Rockford, Illinois	$50,180	$38,330	90
25	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$50,090	$34,720	30
26	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$50,060	$35,030	30
27	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$49,780	$43,670	140
28	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$49,780	$34,210	80
29	Springfield, Massachusetts	$49,780	$35,820	140
30	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$49,410	$35,720	70
31	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$49,060	$36,250	290
32	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$48,880	$34,940	1,380
33	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$48,520	$39,880	380
34	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$48,480	$28,530	70
35	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$48,450	$36,750	170
36	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$48,160	$37,570	40
37	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$48,120	$30,000	n/a
38	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$48,000	$32,140	400
39	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$47,950	$37,120	50
40	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$47,940	$38,160	40
41	Columbus, Ohio	$47,940	$36,660	100
42	Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$47,920	$29,580	140
43	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$47,890	$37,740	30
44	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$47,840	$37,860	40
45	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$47,670	$42,550	80
46	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$47,610	$30,540	990
47	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$47,520	$32,280	300
48	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$47,510	$40,410	80
49	Lynchburg, Virginia	$47,430	$39,190	50
50	Lafayette, Louisiana	$47,320	$28,870	30
51	Asheville, North Carolina	$47,300	$26,430	300
52	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$47,210	$32,900	160
53	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$47,130	$35,200	40
54	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$47,060	$25,600	50
55	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$46,810	$25,930	40
56	Dayton, Ohio	$46,740	$38,380	120
57	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$46,710	$37,130	70
58	Kansas City, Missouri	$46,610	$33,630	130
59	Toledo, Ohio	$46,600	$35,710	60
60	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$46,590	$31,900	90
61	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$46,580	$37,270	40
62	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$46,350	$35,070	70
63	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$46,330	$36,920	320
64	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$46,280	$28,410	40
65	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$46,240	$33,610	40
66	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$45,990	$33,020	40
67	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$45,880	$33,620	n/a
68	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$45,660	$30,870	30
69	Akron, Ohio	$45,610	$35,880	40
70	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$45,600	$29,620	120
71	Springfield, Missouri	$45,570	$30,400	40
72	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$45,550	$34,650	590
73	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$45,510	$30,640	40
74	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$45,490	$34,600	120
75	Rochester, New York	$45,240	$32,200	170
76	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$45,220	$27,130	n/a
77	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$45,050	$25,360	160
78	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$44,910	$31,210	120
79	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$44,840	$36,560	70
80	Muskegon-Norton Shores, Michigan	$44,750	$35,290	n/a
81	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$44,670	$33,490	180
82	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana	$44,410	$33,620	50
83	Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama	$44,340	$19,410	60
84	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$44,300	$32,680	160
85	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$44,170	$33,490	110
86	Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$43,990	$27,920	50
87	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$43,980	$32,240	30
88	Appleton, Wisconsin	$43,690	$28,890	60
89	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$43,620	$29,330	220
90	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$43,580	$33,280	n/a
91	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$43,560	$32,580	50
92	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$43,510	$26,000	80
93	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$43,440	$35,620	140
94	Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$43,310	$34,560	110
95	Syracuse, New York	$42,990	$36,660	90
96	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$42,980	$32,850	30
97	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$42,900	$34,280	50
98	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$42,900	$28,130	40
99	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$42,760	$29,420	140
100	Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$42,760	$32,690	40

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