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

The highest-paying states for rolling 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 rolling 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 $65,020, South Carolina is the highest paying state for rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic. It is followed by Washington (average annual salary $64,450). 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 rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in a specific state, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	State	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	South Carolina	$65,020	$37,900	970
2	Washington	$64,450	$41,920	240
3	Oregon	$62,630	$37,940	110
4	New York	$61,620	$32,540	750
5	Wisconsin	$52,110	$36,070	300
6	Iowa	$51,200	$36,560	640
7	Kentucky	$50,930	$34,690	1,310
8	New Jersey	$50,170	$29,640	420
9	New Hampshire	$49,810	$36,550	60
10	Connecticut	$49,750	$38,580	510
11	West Virginia	$48,670	$32,520	700
12	Minnesota	$48,640	$36,470	280
13	California	$48,600	$37,230	3,120
14	Alabama	$48,560	$36,510	2,190
15	Pennsylvania	$48,140	$37,780	1,590
16	Michigan	$47,790	$37,730	1,120
17	Indiana	$46,830	$35,770	1,770
18	Illinois	$46,470	$36,010	1,380
19	Colorado	$46,360	$31,460	270
20	Ohio	$46,160	$31,840	1,550
21	Arkansas	$46,050	$34,980	490
22	Massachusetts	$45,470	$36,220	410
23	Nebraska	$45,000	$32,770	300
24	South Dakota	$44,710	$36,590	130
25	Maryland	$43,640	$37,490	90
26	Missouri	$43,180	$35,640	800
27	Rhode Island	$42,900	$27,790	60
28	Florida	$42,410	$30,680	340
29	Vermont	$41,570	$34,690	40
30	Nevada	$41,330	$33,120	120
31	North Dakota	$41,140	$33,330	0
32	North Carolina	$41,130	$31,290	210
33	Maine	$40,510	$25,440	0
34	Delaware	$40,090	$28,650	70
35	Arizona	$39,360	$31,150	310
36	Utah	$39,000	$34,160	140
37	Oklahoma	$38,700	$30,460	140
38	Texas	$38,580	$30,540	1,770
39	Georgia	$38,250	$29,120	480
40	Virginia	$37,810	$33,500	270
41	Tennessee	$36,910	$28,830	1,470
42	Kansas	$36,400	$30,240	100
43	Montana	$34,090	$33,380	30
44	Mississippi	$33,570	$23,800	200
45	Idaho	$32,390	$24,820	60
46	Louisiana	$31,050	$28,730	130
47	Puerto Rico	$23,670	$18,250	80

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