The highest-paying states for cutting, punching, and press 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 cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $47,150, Maryland is the highest paying state for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic. It is followed by Washington (average annual salary $46,660). 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 cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maryland | $47,150 |
$32,020 | 220 |
| 2 | Washington | $46,660 |
$37,530 | 2,040 |
| 3 | Oregon | $46,060 |
$37,020 | 1,080 |
| 4 | Minnesota | $45,520 |
$33,250 | 4,950 |
| 5 | California | $44,800 |
$33,560 | 8,500 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | $44,590 |
$33,750 | 6,310 |
| 7 | Utah | $44,550 |
$34,670 | 1,740 |
| 8 | Nebraska | $44,260 |
$32,030 | 950 |
| 9 | Alaska | $44,110 |
$43,570 | 70 |
| 10 | Michigan | $43,590 |
$31,380 | 26,050 |
| 11 | Massachusetts | $43,350 |
$35,280 | 2,130 |
| 12 | Montana | $43,090 |
$32,690 | 120 |
| 13 | Nevada | $42,160 |
$33,050 | 400 |
| 14 | New Jersey | $42,050 |
$30,540 | 1,820 |
| 15 | Wisconsin | $41,890 |
$33,220 | 9,940 |
| 16 | Colorado | $41,850 |
$31,930 | 1,340 |
| 17 | Virginia | $40,780 |
$30,000 | 1,530 |
| 18 | South Dakota | $40,770 |
$31,730 | 660 |
| 19 | New Hampshire | $40,500 |
$31,160 | 890 |
| 20 | North Dakota | $39,800 |
$33,530 | 380 |
| 21 | Missouri | $39,760 |
$31,790 | 3,790 |
| 22 | New York | $39,690 |
$31,190 | 5,120 |
| 23 | Maine | $39,640 |
$30,250 | 250 |
| 24 | Vermont | $39,320 |
$32,520 | 130 |
| 25 | Indiana | $38,890 |
$29,770 | 12,750 |
| 26 | Rhode Island | $38,830 |
$28,030 | 510 |
| 27 | Arizona | $38,670 |
$31,160 | 1,760 |
| 28 | Wyoming | $38,580 |
$29,570 | 80 |
| 29 | Idaho | $38,570 |
$31,430 | 200 |
| 30 | Iowa | $38,550 |
$31,730 | 2,240 |
| 31 | Ohio | $38,400 |
$31,100 | 17,890 |
| 32 | Delaware | $38,130 |
$29,640 | 220 |
| 33 | Connecticut | $38,020 |
$30,470 | 1,680 |
| 34 | Arkansas | $37,940 |
$30,510 | 2,560 |
| 35 | Tennessee | $37,710 |
$29,280 | 6,200 |
| 36 | Kentucky | $37,660 |
$28,610 | 6,490 |
| 37 | Illinois | $37,420 |
$29,310 | 11,960 |
| 38 | Mississippi | $37,300 |
$26,820 | 2,000 |
| 39 | Alabama | $37,300 |
$27,840 | 5,500 |
| 40 | Texas | $37,190 |
$29,770 | 11,870 |
| 41 | West Virginia | $37,190 |
$30,950 | 550 |
| 42 | North Carolina | $37,160 |
$29,030 | 4,140 |
| 43 | Kansas | $37,130 |
$29,320 | 1,440 |
| 44 | Oklahoma | $37,130 |
$29,450 | 1,360 |
| 45 | Louisiana | $37,040 |
$29,580 | 590 |
| 46 | Florida | $37,020 |
$28,480 | 2,420 |
| 47 | South Carolina | $36,760 |
$29,460 | 2,590 |
| 48 | Georgia | $36,340 |
$27,620 | 4,650 |
| 49 | New Mexico | $35,830 |
$31,200 | 400 |
| 50 | Hawaii | $23,720 |
$18,770 | 0 |
| 51 | Puerto Rico | $20,150 |
$17,680 | 270 |