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Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Lafayette, Louisiana

The annual salary statistics of milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Lafayette, Louisiana is shown in Table 1. The wage data of milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Lafayette 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 Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Lafayette, Louisiana

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$22,990
25th Percentile Wage	$22,990
50th Percentile Wage	$30,700
75th Percentile Wage	$40,240
90th Percentile Wage	$48,280

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Lafayette, Louisiana in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $48,280. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $30,700. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,990.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

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

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	10-Year Growth
2022	$30,700	3.32%	-40.07%
2021	$29,680	19.41%	-
2020	$23,920	-15.34%	-
2018	$27,590	-46.25%	-
2015	$40,350	-10.41%	-
2014	$44,550	1.73%	-
2013	$43,780	1.78%	-
2012	$43,000	-	-

Table 2. Compare Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Lafayette with Other Louisiana Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $30,700, Lafayette is the lowest paying city for milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in state of Louisiana, following city of Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux (median annual salary of $40,120). Compared with the highest paying city Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, the median annual salary of milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Lafayette is 23.5 percent (23.5%) lower.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux	$40,120
Baton Rouge	$38,740
Lafayette	$30,700