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

The top 100 highest paying cities for rolling 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 rolling 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 $88,860, Tuscaloosa, Alabama is the highest paying city for rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic. It is followed by Decatur, Alabama (average annual salary $87,010). 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 rolling 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 Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$88,860	$52,980	100
2	Decatur, Alabama	$87,010	$34,650	40
3	Lynchburg, Virginia	$75,770	$29,980	40
4	Waterbury, Connecticut	$72,710	$43,800	60
5	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$64,830	$35,410	210
6	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$61,920	$38,890	220
7	Utica-Rome, New York	$61,620	$37,240	150
8	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$60,990	$37,020	390
9	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$60,800	$38,370	210
10	Spokane, Washington	$60,390	$36,370	120
11	Richmond, Virginia	$60,390	$47,940	130
12	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$60,210	$54,170	460
13	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$58,090	$45,900	n/a
14	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$56,810	$41,920	110
15	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$56,740	$44,910	340
16	Owensboro, Kentucky	$56,720	$32,260	90
17	Toledo, Ohio	$55,950	$42,020	230
18	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$55,930	$34,010	60
19	New Haven, Connecticut	$55,540	$40,040	150
20	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$55,430	$42,850	110
21	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$54,780	$42,390	90
22	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$54,570	$37,390	40
23	Gary, Indiana	$54,360	$36,040	500
24	Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$53,970	$30,970	70
25	Kansas City, Missouri	$53,930	$34,730	70
26	Staunton-Waynesboro, Virginia	$53,930	$42,150	350
27	South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$53,650	$35,940	100
28	Pueblo, Colorado	$53,390	$36,950	40
29	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$53,380	$30,910	220
30	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$53,170	$36,070	180
31	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$52,990	$35,860	110
32	Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$52,800	$21,980	120
33	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$52,750	$28,160	n/a
34	South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$52,380	$42,280	450
35	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$52,110	$28,480	1,440
36	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$51,560	$37,230	920
37	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$51,500	$30,890	380
38	Reading, Pennsylvania	$51,280	$37,780	230
39	Jackson, Tennessee	$50,410	$40,600	140
40	Weirton-Steubenville, West Virginia	$50,230	$36,280	150
41	Mobile, Alabama	$49,870	$43,750	820
42	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$49,810	$36,550	40
43	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$49,740	$37,080	140
44	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$49,700	$39,110	80
45	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$49,700	$40,820	140
46	Columbia, South Carolina	$49,370	$32,410	30
47	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$49,270	$34,920	350
48	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$49,240	$32,100	90
49	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$48,530	$37,230	1,830
50	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$48,520	$38,460	710
51	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$48,430	$37,520	120
52	Muskegon-Norton Shores, Michigan	$48,400	$42,410	n/a
53	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$48,190	$36,390	470
54	Greeley, Colorado	$47,840	$40,100	50
55	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$47,840	$32,100	370
56	Evansville, Kentucky	$47,580	$34,070	80
57	Columbus, Ohio	$47,510	$33,410	50
58	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$47,350	$36,520	190
59	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania	$47,310	$33,860	250
60	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$47,210	$37,700	300
61	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$47,170	$29,830	30
62	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$47,150	$32,420	290
63	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$46,970	$37,930	140
64	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$46,810	$31,910	70
65	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$46,550	$37,860	390
66	Monroe, Michigan	$46,520	$30,360	40
67	Odessa, Texas	$46,460	$37,510	40
68	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$46,310	$36,320	100
69	East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$46,050	$34,980	320
70	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$45,780	$34,030	40
71	Mansfield, Ohio	$45,750	$36,440	40
72	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$45,470	$35,120	120
73	Peoria, Illinois	$45,420	$36,150	120
74	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$45,410	$37,960	160
75	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$45,380	$31,960	220
76	Rochester, New York	$45,370	$37,460	n/a
77	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$45,290	$36,980	100
78	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$45,190	$35,010	110
79	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$45,190	$38,510	60
80	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$45,130	$30,240	40
81	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$45,000	$32,560	60
82	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$44,990	$26,090	140
83	Rockford, Illinois	$44,970	$37,190	60
84	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$44,960	$35,900	60
85	Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$44,820	$27,640	50
86	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$44,730	$30,730	40
87	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$44,710	$37,430	60
88	Springfield, Massachusetts	$44,700	$37,090	50
89	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$44,160	$32,320	270
90	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$44,100	$34,690	110
91	Knoxville, Tennessee	$43,960	$29,590	160
92	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$43,930	$22,510	60
93	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$43,870	$33,320	50
94	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$43,640	$37,700	340
95	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$43,500	$31,290	110
96	Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$43,390	$23,380	110
97	Topeka, Kansas	$43,190	$39,230	60
98	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$43,140	$31,270	40
99	Worcester, Massachusetts	$43,070	$33,650	40
100	St Louis, Missouri	$42,960	$36,010	480

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