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

The top 100 highest paying cities for multiple 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 multiple 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 $61,920, Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota is the highest paying city for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic. It is followed by Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan (average annual salary $61,820). 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 multiple 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 Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$61,920	$34,940	70
2	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$61,820	$37,620	890
3	Spokane, Washington	$58,650	$31,840	50
4	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$57,490	$36,900	n/a
5	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$55,720	$29,860	520
6	West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$54,790	$28,240	460
7	Camden, New Jersey	$51,820	$30,630	140
8	Northern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$51,690	$40,250	n/a
9	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$51,160	$35,250	110
10	Lafayette, Louisiana	$51,010	$40,410	350
11	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$50,560	$33,930	210
12	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$50,520	$39,540	40
13	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$50,440	$38,780	540
14	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$50,310	$35,730	40
15	Altoona, Pennsylvania	$50,200	$36,300	100
16	Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$50,090	$29,240	130
17	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$50,070	$35,830	2,430
18	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$49,620	$30,970	170
19	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$49,530	$40,270	160
20	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$48,930	$33,810	30
21	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$48,920	$33,970	130
22	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$48,730	$30,950	230
23	Rochester, Minnesota	$48,610	$37,690	40
24	Wilmington, New Jersey	$48,330	$31,240	110
25	Decatur, Alabama	$48,300	$33,400	120
26	Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$48,210	$34,020	290
27	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$48,190	$38,370	170
28	Elmira, New York	$48,120	$36,980	130
29	Decatur, Illinois	$47,990	$39,110	160
30	Wausau, Wisconsin	$47,960	$36,350	50
31	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$47,690	$36,170	450
32	Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$47,670	$31,200	150
33	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$47,570	$29,850	860
34	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$47,540	$35,570	50
35	Port St Lucie, Florida	$47,470	$29,690	30
36	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$47,460	$28,680	60
37	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$47,380	$31,260	260
38	Nashua, New Hampshire	$47,330	$26,130	60
39	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$47,280	$28,100	80
40	Erie, Pennsylvania	$47,160	$32,950	620
41	Athens-Clarke County, Georgia	$47,060	$31,970	110
42	Logan, Utah	$47,010	$35,510	160
43	Odessa, Texas	$46,900	$29,310	80
44	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$46,770	$32,580	1,210
45	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$46,750	$29,190	80
46	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$46,630	$35,460	140
47	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$46,560	$36,920	310
48	Clarksville, Tennessee	$46,560	$31,530	90
49	Staunton-Waynesboro, Virginia	$46,500	$27,320	80
50	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$46,490	$35,350	1,300
51	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$46,470	$32,670	380
52	Dayton, Ohio	$46,390	$29,600	1,560
53	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$46,380	$36,480	1,410
54	Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas	$46,350	$34,650	110
55	Springfield, Massachusetts	$46,280	$30,510	530
56	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida	$46,150	$25,070	60
57	Toledo, Ohio	$46,100	$31,910	1,780
58	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$45,980	$30,820	130
59	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$45,840	$31,300	720
60	Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$45,760	$30,880	50
61	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$45,760	$34,590	40
62	Roanoke, Virginia	$45,760	$26,840	80
63	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$45,360	$29,620	1,570
64	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$45,360	$28,400	n/a
65	Bowling Green, Kentucky	$45,360	$27,490	130
66	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$45,280	$30,500	2,240
67	Terre Haute, Indiana	$45,230	$33,630	370
68	Rockford, Illinois	$45,200	$28,560	230
69	Duluth, Wisconsin	$45,180	$35,400	40
70	Rochester, New York	$45,020	$31,250	630
71	Worcester, Massachusetts	$45,020	$33,920	480
72	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$45,000	$39,470	170
73	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$45,000	$28,900	130
74	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$44,930	$29,220	1,510
75	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$44,920	$37,600	110
76	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$44,880	$35,180	140
77	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$44,760	$30,630	400
78	Peoria, Illinois	$44,750	$44,750	830
79	Burlington, North Carolina	$44,740	$40,510	140
80	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$44,620	$31,720	1,890
81	South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$44,520	$28,780	300
82	Owensboro, Kentucky	$44,510	$33,440	n/a
83	Tyler, Texas	$44,500	$27,440	70
84	Reading, Pennsylvania	$44,490	$28,280	640
85	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$44,420	$33,330	390
86	Gary, Indiana	$44,400	$29,080	90
87	Michigan City-La Porte, Indiana	$44,390	$32,910	100
88	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$44,250	$35,360	2,400
89	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$44,220	$23,760	30
90	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$44,180	$23,810	680
91	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$44,120	$29,170	430
92	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$44,100	$30,260	890
93	Madison, Wisconsin	$43,990	$36,390	230
94	East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania	$43,770	$30,320	40
95	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$43,710	$33,030	660
96	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$43,680	$30,360	2,340
97	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$43,660	$29,320	230
98	Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$43,610	$32,340	210
99	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$43,610	$38,010	380
100	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$43,610	$32,880	300

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