Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Evansville, Kentucky

The annual salary statistics of extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Evansville, Kentucky is shown in Table 1. The wage information of extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Evansville 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 Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Evansville, Kentucky

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$31,050
25th Percentile Wage
$34,170
50th Percentile Wage
$37,000
75th Percentile Wage
$50,130
90th Percentile Wage
$71,650

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Evansville, Kentucky in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $71,650. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $37,000. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,050.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$37,000
1.43% 24.38%
2021
$36,470
7.51% -
2020
$33,730
-0.33% -
2019
$33,840
0.06% -
2018
$33,820
-11.12% -
2017
$37,580
1.97% -
2016
$36,840
4.91% -
2015
$35,030
6.28% -
2014
$32,830
6.40% -
2013
$30,730
8.95% -
2012
$27,980
- -

Table 2. Compare Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Evansville with Other Kentucky Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $37,000 in Evansville is in the middle of salary range for extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in state of Kentucky. In comparison, the annual salary of extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Evansville is 10.2 percent (10.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Louisville-Jefferson County and 17.1 percent (17.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Elizabethtown.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Louisville-Jefferson County
$41,180
Owensboro
$39,540
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area
$39,400
West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area
$38,060
Lexington-Fayette
$37,550
Evansville
$37,000
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area
$36,330
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area
$31,070
Elizabethtown
$30,670

See also: Top paying jobs in Evansville, Kentucky.