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

The top 100 highest paying cities for plating and coating 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 plating and coating 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 $63,750, Weirton-Steubenville, West Virginia is the highest paying city for plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic. It is followed by Ogden-Clearfield, Utah (average annual salary $59,860). 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 plating and coating 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 Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Weirton-Steubenville, West Virginia	$63,750	$38,200	60
2	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$59,860	$37,960	90
3	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$58,220	$38,260	110
4	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$57,420	$32,870	170
5	Corpus Christi, Texas	$54,670	$21,410	n/a
6	Boulder, Colorado	$52,640	$37,390	30
7	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$52,110	$27,730	430
8	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$51,540	$36,650	70
9	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$49,310	$38,280	40
10	Madison, Wisconsin	$47,170	$38,370	40
11	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$47,020	$32,480	60
12	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$46,650	$28,610	50
13	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$46,200	$32,500	670
14	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$45,980	$28,660	60
15	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$45,900	$37,880	450
16	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$45,720	$30,250	70
17	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$45,630	$37,300	670
18	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$45,550	$31,790	90
19	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$45,470	$34,790	570
20	Stockton, California	$44,980	$33,700	90
21	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$44,900	$34,460	360
22	Danbury, Connecticut	$44,660	$23,230	60
23	Dayton, Ohio	$44,550	$29,480	220
24	Jacksonville, Florida	$44,550	$36,160	60
25	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$44,490	$30,350	40
26	Rochester, Minnesota	$44,470	$28,660	40
27	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$44,420	$37,010	130
28	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$43,950	$34,820	250
29	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$43,920	$29,610	120
30	Pee Dee South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$43,550	$30,030	50
31	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$43,550	$36,650	40
32	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$43,470	$32,600	40
33	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$43,370	$35,940	120
34	Worcester, Massachusetts	$43,180	$31,490	60
35	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$43,120	$31,100	350
36	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$42,990	$30,390	30
37	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$42,930	$27,750	210
38	New Haven, Connecticut	$42,690	$28,090	40
39	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$42,660	$29,790	70
40	Johnstown, Pennsylvania	$42,660	$23,340	60
41	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$41,890	$29,690	90
42	Monroe, Michigan	$41,830	$31,280	90
43	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$41,560	$27,340	180
44	Columbus, Ohio	$41,020	$21,690	150
45	Grand Island, Nebraska	$40,990	$39,620	30
46	Spokane, Washington	$40,820	$32,610	40
47	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$40,710	$32,720	270
48	Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$40,470	$31,200	30
49	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$40,260	$37,090	200
50	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$40,260	$27,380	50
51	East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$40,180	$25,880	80
52	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$39,880	$31,860	70
53	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$39,800	$28,400	50
54	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$39,760	$33,070	140
55	Midland, Texas	$39,720	$33,800	50
56	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$39,670	$30,790	90
57	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$39,640	$31,970	330
58	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania	$39,430	$31,660	100
59	Akron, Ohio	$39,430	$34,080	100
60	Owensboro, Kentucky	$39,420	$27,920	50
61	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$39,410	$29,640	30
62	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$39,340	$32,170	2,820
63	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$39,330	$32,560	330
64	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$39,000	$34,020	100
65	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$38,970	$25,970	150
66	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$38,910	$27,340	60
67	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$38,860	$30,870	110
68	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$38,840	$27,990	290
69	Framingham, Massachusetts	$38,640	$28,490	140
70	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$38,590	$25,100	200
71	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$38,580	$27,040	860
72	South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$38,560	$22,040	40
73	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$38,490	$29,150	40
74	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$38,480	$22,570	600
75	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$38,410	$31,500	160
76	Anniston-Oxford, Alabama	$38,400	$31,200	70
77	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$38,200	$30,540	610
78	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$38,160	$25,470	40
79	Steubenville-Weirton, West Virginia	$38,160	$20,130	70
80	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$37,990	$24,410	40
81	Michigan City-La Porte, Indiana	$37,960	$30,660	40
82	Toledo, Ohio	$37,960	$28,770	120
83	Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$37,950	$27,800	40
84	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$37,920	$30,010	50
85	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$37,830	$27,090	60
86	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$37,820	$30,830	150
87	Wausau, Wisconsin	$37,820	$31,380	80
88	Springfield, Massachusetts	$37,810	$30,800	270
89	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$37,770	$29,080	420
90	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$37,740	$33,800	70
91	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$37,660	$27,560	70
92	Waterbury, Connecticut	$37,660	$27,260	90
93	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$37,630	$31,210	190
94	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$37,630	$27,030	50
95	Jackson, Mississippi	$37,600	$24,080	50
96	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$37,590	$29,820	40
97	Provo-Orem, Utah	$37,550	$30,010	50
98	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$37,550	$30,640	290
99	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$37,540	$27,830	60
100	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$37,520	$24,170	480

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