Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts

The annual salary statistics of milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts is shown in Table 1. The wage information of milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 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 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$29,800
25th Percentile Wage
$39,450
50th Percentile Wage
$46,600
75th Percentile Wage
$57,090
90th Percentile Wage
$68,230

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $68,230. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $46,600. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,800.

Median salary trend

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 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$46,600
0.06% 8.39%
2016
$46,570
-2.68% -
2015
$47,820
7.67% -
2014
$44,150
2.08% -
2013
$43,230
1.25% -
2012
$42,690
- -

Table 2. Compare Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy with Other Massachusetts Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $46,600 in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is in the middle of salary range for milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in state of Massachusetts. In comparison, the annual salary of milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is 19.7 percent (19.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Springfield and 24.5 percent (24.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Taunton-Norton-Raynham.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Springfield
$58,040
Peabody
$55,080
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy
$51,060
Worcester
$47,050
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy
$46,600
New Bedford
$38,800
Taunton-Norton-Raynham
$35,160