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Forging Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana

The annual salary statistics of forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Indianapolis-Carmel 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 Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$30,300
25th Percentile Wage	$35,410
50th Percentile Wage	$41,520
75th Percentile Wage	$54,370
90th Percentile Wage	$62,020

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $62,020. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $41,520. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,300.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic from 2012 to 2020.

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	8-Year Growth
2020	$41,520	31.77%	19.32%
2017	$28,330	-0.18%	-
2016	$28,380	-4.83%	-
2015	$29,750	-3.56%	-
2014	$30,810	-11.52%	-
2013	$34,360	2.50%	-
2012	$33,500	-	-

Table 2. Compare Forging Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Indianapolis-Carmel with Other Indiana Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $41,520 in Indianapolis-Carmel is in the middle of salary range for forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in state of Indiana. In comparison, the annual salary of forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Indianapolis-Carmel is 17.4 percent (17.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area and 11.8 percent (11.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Elkhart-Goshen.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	$50,280
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	$42,980
Indianapolis-Carmel	$41,520
Columbus	$41,080
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	$39,230
Elkhart-Goshen	$36,630