Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The annual salary statistics of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is shown in Table 1. The wage data of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$22,690
25th Percentile Wage
$28,570
50th Percentile Wage
$39,120
75th Percentile Wage
$47,570
90th Percentile Wage
$56,570

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $56,570. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $39,120. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,690.

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
$39,120
7.46% 14.54%
2016
$36,200
0.11% -
2015
$36,160
2.13% -
2014
$35,390
4.80% -
2013
$33,690
0.77% -
2012
$33,430
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Table 2. Compare Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Philadelphia with Other Pennsylvania Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $39,120 in Philadelphia is in the middle of salary range for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in state of Pennsylvania. In comparison, the annual salary of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Philadelphia is 18.4 percent (18.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Reading and 15.3 percent (15.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Reading
$47,940
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre
$47,140
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington
$46,480
Lancaster
$46,000
Bloomsburg-Berwick
$45,950
Chambersburg-Waynesboro
$45,920
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
$45,760
Harrisburg-Carlisle
$44,550
Pittsburgh
$44,270
York-Hanover
$43,490
Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
$43,420
Gettysburg
$42,700
Williamsport
$42,660
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
$42,320
Johnstown
$40,570
West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
$39,670
Philadelphia
$39,120
Altoona
$38,750
Lebanon
$38,480
State College
$38,200
Erie
$37,750
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman
$36,700
Newark-Union
$33,770
East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
$33,130