Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts

The annual salary statistics of multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts is shown in Table 1. The wage information of multiple machine tool 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 Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$24,270
25th Percentile Wage
$28,260
50th Percentile Wage
$36,600
75th Percentile Wage
$47,260
90th Percentile Wage
$57,630

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for multiple machine tool 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 $57,630. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $36,600. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $24,270.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$36,600
-0.27% -2.05%
2016
$36,700
-5.69% -
2015
$38,790
0.82% -
2014
$38,470
5.82% -
2013
$36,230
-3.09% -
2012
$37,350
- -

Table 2. Compare Multiple Machine Tool 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 $36,600 in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is in the middle of salary range for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in state of Massachusetts. In comparison, the annual salary of multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is 26.1 percent (26.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area and 5.3 percent (5.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area
$49,530
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy
$46,490
Springfield
$46,280
Taunton-Norton-Raynham
$45,360
Worcester
$45,020
Framingham
$41,560
Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area
$40,940
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner
$39,490
New Bedford
$37,560
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy
$36,600
Peabody
$36,330
Pittsfield
$35,340
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton
$34,670