Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Fayetteville, North Carolina

The annual salary statistics of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Fayetteville, North Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage data of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Fayetteville 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 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Fayetteville, North Carolina

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$27,530
25th Percentile Wage
$31,320
50th Percentile Wage
$36,760
75th Percentile Wage
$43,450
90th Percentile Wage
$50,640

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Fayetteville, North Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $50,640. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $36,760. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,530.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic from 2012 to 2020. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth8-Year Growth
2020
$36,760
31.39% 40.78%
2013
$25,220
13.68% -
2012
$21,770
- -

Table 2. Compare Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Fayetteville with Other North Carolina Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $36,760 in Fayetteville is in the middle of salary range for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in state of North Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Fayetteville is 22.4 percent (22.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Winston-Salem and 24.1 percent (24.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Goldsboro.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Winston-Salem
$47,360
Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
$40,530
Durham-Chapel Hill
$37,940
Raleigh-Cary
$37,770
Greenville
$37,400
Asheville
$36,830
Fayetteville
$36,760
Greensboro-High Point
$36,300
Burlington
$35,790
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton
$35,530
Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
$35,330
Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
$35,100
Rocky Mount
$34,220
Wilmington
$33,900
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
$32,790
Goldsboro
$27,890

See also: Top paying jobs in Fayetteville, North Carolina.