Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Anderson, South Carolina

The annual salary statistics of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Anderson, South Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage information of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Anderson 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 Anderson, South Carolina

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$23,030
25th Percentile Wage
$26,370
50th Percentile Wage
$31,890
75th Percentile Wage
$39,110
90th Percentile Wage
$51,850

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Anderson, South Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $51,850. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $31,890. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $23,030.

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 2014. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth2-Year Growth
2014
$31,890
-1.07% 14.36%
2013
$32,230
15.27% -
2012
$27,310
- -

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

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $31,890 in Anderson is in the middle of salary range for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in state of South Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Anderson is 23.3 percent (23.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Sumter and 3.2 percent (3.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Sumter
$41,600
Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway
$41,500
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
$39,110
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill
$37,810
Spartanburg
$37,740
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville
$37,740
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
$37,100
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley
$36,640
Columbia
$36,460
Augusta-Richmond County
$36,300
Florence
$35,920
Pee Dee South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
$34,330
Anderson
$31,890
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
$30,870