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Highest-paying States for Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

The highest-paying states for heat treating equipment 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 heat treating equipment 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 $65,840, Maryland is the highest paying state for heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic. It is followed by Oregon (average annual salary $52,590). 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 heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in a specific state, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Highest-paying States for Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (2022 Survey)

Rank	State	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Maryland	$65,840	$45,480	30
2	Oregon	$52,590	$39,790	200
3	Washington	$51,720	$33,910	70
4	Kansas	$50,530	$36,290	90
5	Connecticut	$48,920	$36,420	220
6	Tennessee	$48,800	$38,220	280
7	South Dakota	$48,540	$30,400	40
8	Massachusetts	$48,330	$37,280	190
9	Minnesota	$48,020	$44,260	150
10	Utah	$45,860	$33,440	180
11	California	$45,860	$35,630	980
12	Michigan	$45,350	$33,460	1,150
13	Nebraska	$45,230	$34,950	50
14	Iowa	$45,220	$30,870	80
15	New Hampshire	$44,740	$31,300	70
16	Ohio	$44,540	$31,850	1,650
17	Vermont	$43,990	$34,130	40
18	Wisconsin	$43,630	$37,440	590
19	Illinois	$43,270	$31,400	860
20	North Carolina	$41,950	$32,880	350
21	South Carolina	$41,720	$33,540	510
22	New Jersey	$41,350	$27,200	300
23	Rhode Island	$40,550	$32,280	50
24	Mississippi	$40,520	$23,660	100
25	Kentucky	$40,510	$31,730	190
26	Oklahoma	$40,060	$31,250	190
27	Colorado	$39,920	$34,660	50
28	Missouri	$39,740	$27,450	80
29	Texas	$39,540	$33,530	2,710
30	Alabama	$39,380	$32,470	130
31	Pennsylvania	$39,070	$25,860	1,430
32	Indiana	$38,750	$30,950	1,180
33	Louisiana	$38,490	$23,750	180
34	Virginia	$38,480	$35,980	160
35	Arizona	$38,130	$33,280	50
36	Georgia	$37,730	$31,750	160
37	Florida	$37,610	$24,960	240
38	New York	$37,510	$30,640	320
39	Maine	$36,910	$28,540	50
40	North Dakota	$35,980	$31,800	0
41	West Virginia	$34,320	$32,640	60
42	Arkansas	$31,250	$26,160	150
43	Nevada	$30,280	$30,280	30
44	Puerto Rico	$24,080	$20,310	100

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