Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa

The annual salary statistics of plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa is shown in Table 1. The wage information of plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Waterloo-Cedar Falls is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$25,510
25th Percentile Wage
$29,150
50th Percentile Wage
$35,410
75th Percentile Wage
$40,760
90th Percentile Wage
$47,850

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $47,850. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $35,410. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $25,510.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic from 2012 to 2019.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth7-Year Growth
2019
$35,410
-2.03% 44.51%
2018
$36,130
2.71% -
2017
$35,150
44.10% -
2014
$19,650
2.09% -
2013
$19,240
-2.13% -
2012
$19,650
- -

Table 2. Compare Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Waterloo-Cedar Falls with Other Iowa Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $35,410 in Waterloo-Cedar Falls is in the middle of salary range for plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in state of Iowa. In comparison, the annual salary of plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Waterloo-Cedar Falls is 18.5 percent (18.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Des Moines-West Des Moines and 11.7 percent (11.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Des Moines-West Des Moines
$43,470
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area
$42,660
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area
$37,950
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island
$36,460
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area
$36,270
Cedar Rapids
$35,650
Waterloo-Cedar Falls
$35,410
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area
$31,280

See also: Top paying jobs in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa.