The highest-paying states for extruding and drawing 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 extruding and drawing 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 $50,400, Rhode Island is the highest paying state for extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic. It is followed by New Hampshire (average annual salary $49,710). 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 extruding and drawing 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 | Rhode Island | $50,400 |
$41,120 | 430 |
| 2 | New Hampshire | $49,710 |
$38,960 | 450 |
| 3 | Nebraska | $49,250 |
$33,320 | 560 |
| 4 | South Carolina | $48,570 |
$33,580 | 1,970 |
| 5 | Delaware | $47,230 |
$37,860 | 470 |
| 6 | Maryland | $47,080 |
$29,970 | 310 |
| 7 | New Jersey | $46,800 |
$27,040 | 1,180 |
| 8 | Connecticut | $46,150 |
$35,880 | 1,060 |
| 9 | Minnesota | $45,860 |
$39,000 | 1,480 |
| 10 | Illinois | $45,720 |
$31,120 | 2,150 |
| 11 | Arizona | $45,010 |
$40,520 | 310 |
| 12 | Pennsylvania | $44,680 |
$29,750 | 3,870 |
| 13 | Nevada | $44,540 |
$33,740 | 310 |
| 14 | New York | $43,760 |
$31,230 | 1,770 |
| 15 | North Carolina | $43,180 |
$33,750 | 3,530 |
| 16 | Michigan | $42,870 |
$33,160 | 1,550 |
| 17 | Iowa | $42,760 |
$33,710 | 800 |
| 18 | Wisconsin | $42,160 |
$28,660 | 2,120 |
| 19 | Colorado | $41,780 |
$27,500 | 380 |
| 20 | Washington | $41,110 |
$35,220 | 960 |
| 21 | Oregon | $40,790 |
$32,620 | 290 |
| 22 | Missouri | $40,640 |
$30,010 | 1,680 |
| 23 | Florida | $40,550 |
$31,220 | 1,040 |
| 24 | Indiana | $39,860 |
$31,220 | 3,120 |
| 25 | Georgia | $39,800 |
$30,560 | 2,040 |
| 26 | Louisiana | $39,580 |
$34,320 | 230 |
| 27 | Ohio | $38,750 |
$29,950 | 4,700 |
| 28 | Virginia | $38,710 |
$31,190 | 1,650 |
| 29 | Arkansas | $38,370 |
$31,250 | 930 |
| 30 | Oklahoma | $38,330 |
$23,920 | 680 |
| 31 | Utah | $38,100 |
$27,070 | 1,060 |
| 32 | Kansas | $38,080 |
$29,970 | 770 |
| 33 | Kentucky | $38,060 |
$29,230 | 1,560 |
| 34 | North Dakota | $38,000 |
$29,950 | 110 |
| 35 | South Dakota | $37,790 |
$33,070 | 60 |
| 36 | California | $37,610 |
$31,520 | 4,040 |
| 37 | Massachusetts | $37,520 |
$31,860 | 1,750 |
| 38 | Alabama | $37,500 |
$24,250 | 2,380 |
| 39 | Maine | $37,160 |
$29,070 | 50 |
| 40 | Texas | $36,830 |
$29,790 | 3,720 |
| 41 | West Virginia | $36,430 |
$29,660 | 440 |
| 42 | Mississippi | $36,000 |
$28,420 | 810 |
| 43 | Idaho | $35,870 |
$35,200 | 160 |
| 44 | Tennessee | $35,840 |
$28,920 | 4,280 |
| 45 | New Mexico | $35,560 |
$26,960 | 70 |
| 46 | Vermont | $34,480 |
$31,640 | 140 |
| 47 | Wyoming | $32,520 |
$29,090 | 80 |
| 48 | Hawaii | $27,700 |
$20,230 | 40 |
| 49 | Puerto Rico | $26,880 |
$18,410 | 240 |
Note: some states are missing from this table because the median salary information of extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in those states is not available at this time.
See also: Highest-paying industries for extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic, Top paying jobs in America.