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

The highest-paying states for multiple machine tool 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 multiple machine tool 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 $51,470, Washington is the highest paying state for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic. It is followed by Maryland (average annual salary $50,850). 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 multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in a specific state, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	State	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Washington	$51,470	$32,670	740
2	Maryland	$50,850	$33,570	730
3	North Dakota	$50,500	$35,380	790
4	Louisiana	$48,840	$31,700	830
5	Alaska	$47,400	$36,900	0
6	South Dakota	$45,980	$30,760	360
7	Colorado	$45,920	$35,350	270
8	Maine	$45,760	$37,030	180
9	Massachusetts	$45,420	$33,850	2,560
10	New York	$44,890	$32,250	4,540
11	Kentucky	$44,510	$31,100	2,460
12	Minnesota	$44,220	$37,400	1,250
13	Illinois	$44,020	$29,850	6,250
14	Pennsylvania	$43,560	$30,360	10,910
15	Iowa	$42,130	$32,410	5,110
16	Oregon	$41,200	$32,640	930
17	Ohio	$40,650	$30,820	18,880
18	Utah	$40,450	$32,950	1,290
19	Idaho	$40,410	$28,710	600
20	Wisconsin	$40,230	$31,610	4,670
21	North Carolina	$39,990	$26,230	3,870
22	South Carolina	$39,610	$28,220	5,110
23	Rhode Island	$39,520	$34,820	310
24	New Jersey	$39,500	$30,300	2,090
25	New Hampshire	$39,490	$32,340	1,020
26	California	$39,370	$35,310	4,240
27	Tennessee	$39,020	$30,060	3,600
28	Kansas	$39,000	$28,790	270
29	Nebraska	$38,980	$30,850	1,540
30	Michigan	$38,810	$29,600	6,990
31	Connecticut	$38,740	$30,040	2,880
32	Vermont	$38,680	$30,880	70
33	Arkansas	$38,610	$29,480	2,420
34	Virginia	$38,430	$28,060	1,520
35	Oklahoma	$38,050	$29,050	1,960
36	West Virginia	$37,610	$24,480	300
37	Indiana	$37,480	$29,410	7,630
38	Nevada	$37,430	$33,070	230
39	Montana	$37,040	$27,910	90
40	Florida	$36,880	$31,200	3,400
41	Missouri	$35,800	$28,970	4,710
42	Mississippi	$35,470	$28,480	1,460
43	Arizona	$35,450	$30,180	1,150
44	Alabama	$34,740	$26,510	2,070
45	Georgia	$33,810	$25,380	4,220
46	Texas	$33,320	$24,930	9,790
47	New Mexico	$31,640	$29,560	120
48	Puerto Rico	$23,770	$19,070	870

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