The highest paying states for extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders (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, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $64,670, West Virginia is the highest paying state for extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders. It is followed by Louisiana (average annual salary $43,460). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2018 [1]. For more salary information of extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Virginia | $64,670 |
$29,030 | 350 |
| 2 | Louisiana | $43,460 |
$24,980 | 500 |
| 3 | Maryland | $42,310 |
$29,380 | 360 |
| 4 | North Dakota | $40,000 |
$33,350 | 30 |
| 5 | Nebraska | $39,420 |
$27,120 | 1,420 |
| 6 | Delaware | $39,300 |
$32,670 | 160 |
| 7 | Oregon | $39,290 |
$26,310 | 1,030 |
| 8 | South Carolina | $39,040 |
$25,340 | 1,820 |
| 9 | Minnesota | $37,670 |
$27,150 | 1,080 |
| 10 | Georgia | $37,600 |
$24,600 | 2,370 |
| 11 | Iowa | $37,530 |
$28,230 | 650 |
| 12 | Utah | $37,090 |
$27,440 | 670 |
| 13 | Illinois | $36,960 |
$24,390 | 1,870 |
| 14 | Arkansas | $36,370 |
$25,100 | 1,210 |
| 15 | Pennsylvania | $36,210 |
$23,740 | 2,620 |
| 16 | Alabama | $36,180 |
$19,210 | 2,860 |
| 17 | North Carolina | $36,110 |
$24,110 | 3,810 |
| 18 | Kansas | $35,900 |
$26,690 | 1,480 |
| 19 | New York | $35,510 |
$20,640 | 2,850 |
| 20 | Nevada | $34,990 |
$26,410 | 260 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | $34,800 |
$23,570 | 1,660 |
| 22 | Idaho | $34,480 |
$23,230 | 80 |
| 23 | Missouri | $34,320 |
$26,360 | 1,620 |
| 24 | Massachusetts | $34,060 |
$25,180 | 1,270 |
| 25 | Montana | $33,610 |
$27,370 | 70 |
| 26 | Michigan | $33,460 |
$23,440 | 2,420 |
| 27 | Mississippi | $33,450 |
$21,680 | 450 |
| 28 | Colorado | $33,290 |
$23,200 | 620 |
| 29 | Rhode Island | $33,190 |
$25,440 | 130 |
| 30 | Kentucky | $33,180 |
$24,480 | 1,550 |
| 31 | Ohio | $33,060 |
$23,820 | 7,930 |
| 32 | Vermont | $33,020 |
$23,330 | 200 |
| 33 | New Hampshire | $33,000 |
$26,210 | 870 |
| 34 | California | $32,970 |
$22,490 | 4,560 |
| 35 | Maine | $32,950 |
$26,090 | 470 |
| 36 | Florida | $32,710 |
$23,820 | 1,640 |
| 37 | Virginia | $32,360 |
$21,020 | 2,150 |
| 38 | Connecticut | $31,920 |
$21,040 | 220 |
| 39 | New Jersey | $31,910 |
$20,840 | 3,840 |
| 40 | South Dakota | $31,690 |
$25,480 | 610 |
| 41 | Washington | $31,290 |
$23,720 | 1,070 |
| 42 | Wyoming | $31,280 |
$23,460 | 30 |
| 43 | Hawaii | $30,670 |
$19,920 | 110 |
| 44 | Tennessee | $29,990 |
$21,910 | 3,450 |
| 45 | Texas | $29,800 |
$20,130 | 5,680 |
| 46 | Arizona | $29,690 |
$22,030 | 1,150 |
| 47 | Oklahoma | $29,250 |
$22,100 | 3,310 |
| 48 | Indiana | $28,650 |
$21,710 | 2,720 |
| 49 | New Mexico | $20,220 |
$17,050 | 70 |
| 50 | Puerto Rico | $19,400 |
$16,210 | 270 |