Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire

The annual salary statistics of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire is shown in Table 1. The wage data of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Lawrence-Methuen-Salem 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 Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$25,400
25th Percentile Wage
$28,720
50th Percentile Wage
$36,310
75th Percentile Wage
$46,700
90th Percentile Wage
$56,580

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $56,580. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $36,310. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $25,400.

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 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$36,310
6.47% -7.46%
2016
$33,960
-8.63% -
2015
$36,890
8.78% -
2014
$33,650
-16.14% -
2013
$39,080
0.15% -
2012
$39,020
- -

Table 2. Compare Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Lawrence-Methuen-Salem with Other New Hampshire Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $36,310 in Lawrence-Methuen-Salem is in the middle of salary range for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in state of New Hampshire. In comparison, the annual salary of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Lawrence-Methuen-Salem is 20.8 percent (20.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Dover-Durham and 47.5 percent (47.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Rochester-Dover.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Dover-Durham
$45,830
Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area
$41,560
Manchester
$39,610
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area
$38,830
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area
$36,910
Nashua
$36,540
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem
$36,310
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury
$36,000
Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area
$35,880
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford
$34,910
Rochester-Dover
$19,070