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

The highest-paying states for milling and planing 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 milling and planing 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 $98,850, Oregon is the highest paying state for milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic. It is followed by New York (average annual salary $66,240). 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 milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in a specific state, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	State	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Oregon	$98,850	$48,020	140
2	New York	$66,240	$40,620	480
3	Washington	$63,070	$45,800	170
4	Nevada	$62,480	$49,290	550
5	Connecticut	$60,680	$37,340	290
6	Illinois	$57,330	$39,250	820
7	Iowa	$53,130	$37,790	330
8	Minnesota	$53,070	$37,710	160
9	New Jersey	$52,720	$36,680	210
10	Nebraska	$52,080	$35,400	100
11	California	$51,300	$37,020	2,320
12	Alabama	$51,100	$28,600	140
13	West Virginia	$50,430	$29,860	100
14	New Hampshire	$50,420	$39,060	80
15	Arizona	$50,140	$39,110	310
16	Pennsylvania	$48,620	$33,640	320
17	Maine	$48,550	$41,150	320
18	Maryland	$47,910	$36,770	50
19	Wisconsin	$47,670	$37,270	290
20	Colorado	$47,170	$31,940	70
21	Kentucky	$46,200	$28,230	210
22	Massachusetts	$45,900	$35,450	280
23	Indiana	$45,710	$38,570	970
24	Missouri	$44,960	$27,830	230
25	New Mexico	$44,250	$25,920	30
26	Rhode Island	$43,210	$33,240	30
27	Ohio	$43,160	$34,670	1,360
28	Georgia	$42,700	$33,500	270
29	Vermont	$42,030	$31,080	40
30	Virginia	$41,240	$29,300	110
31	Oklahoma	$39,440	$30,390	140
32	Michigan	$39,110	$33,220	1,380
33	Kansas	$38,960	$28,220	110
34	Texas	$38,700	$29,120	410
35	Florida	$38,470	$31,540	930
36	Louisiana	$38,330	$22,990	130
37	Utah	$38,080	$31,200	180
38	Tennessee	$37,360	$30,390	910
39	South Carolina	$35,990	$31,970	240
40	Arkansas	$35,360	$28,070	150
41	North Carolina	$33,840	$26,510	350
42	South Dakota	$32,830	$25,150	50
43	Wyoming	$32,790	$28,100	40
44	Mississippi	$30,530	$26,650	120
45	Idaho	$29,570	$26,350	30

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