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Highest-paying States for Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

The highest-paying states for forging 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 forging 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 $58,380, Washington is the highest paying state for forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic. It is followed by New York (average annual salary $53,400). 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 forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in a specific state, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Highest-paying States for Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (2022 Survey)

Rank	State	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Washington	$58,380	$48,910	40
2	New York	$53,400	$38,230	230
3	Nebraska	$51,150	$44,430	170
4	Kentucky	$51,100	$35,300	1,000
5	North Carolina	$50,590	$43,080	60
6	California	$50,380	$34,240	750
7	Pennsylvania	$49,930	$39,730	530
8	Oregon	$48,840	$28,170	130
9	Wisconsin	$48,440	$41,290	340
10	Iowa	$48,040	$39,170	90
11	Alabama	$47,790	$35,510	70
12	West Virginia	$47,740	$41,090	40
13	Virginia	$47,650	$36,360	410
14	Illinois	$46,710	$36,530	350
15	Michigan	$46,680	$38,100	1,250
16	Massachusetts	$46,110	$43,520	70
17	New Jersey	$46,020	$36,390	120
18	Ohio	$44,650	$34,060	1,160
19	Indiana	$44,040	$33,090	400
20	Kansas	$43,730	$41,890	330
21	Vermont	$43,380	$30,520	50
22	Missouri	$42,810	$30,030	140
23	Minnesota	$41,630	$32,820	60
24	Texas	$40,730	$29,040	770
25	New Hampshire	$40,640	$29,320	80
26	Utah	$40,100	$30,220	40
27	Florida	$39,800	$30,350	150
28	Tennessee	$39,180	$29,430	730
29	Arizona	$38,700	$32,770	40
30	Arkansas	$38,350	$35,670	170
31	Colorado	$38,280	$30,890	360
32	Oklahoma	$37,920	$30,090	100
33	South Dakota	$37,920	$37,850	50
34	Louisiana	$37,850	$28,660	60
35	Rhode Island	$37,700	$25,650	80
36	Georgia	$37,410	$28,950	50
37	Idaho	$32,520	$21,460	30
38	Connecticut	$32,180	$31,050	270
39	Maryland	$30,870	$20,440	130
40	South Carolina	$29,570	$24,520	300
41	Mississippi	$27,640	$25,910	100
42	Puerto Rico	$18,250	$16,340	40

Note: some states are missing from this table because the median salary information of forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in those states is not available at this time.