Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina

The annual salary statistics of multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage data of multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville 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 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$29,780
25th Percentile Wage
$32,970
50th Percentile Wage
$33,300
75th Percentile Wage
$48,050
90th Percentile Wage
$61,120

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $61,120. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $33,300. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,780.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

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

YearMedian Salary Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$33,300
-14.17% -29.13%
2021
$38,020
-13.10% -
2017
$43,000
0.00% -
2012
$43,000
- -

Table 2. Compare Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville with Other South Carolina Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $33,300 in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville is in the middle of salary range for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in state of South Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville is 30.9 percent (30.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area and 15.3 percent (15.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Augusta-Richmond County.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
$48,210
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley
$45,360
Sumter
$41,880
Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway
$40,060
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill
$39,990
Spartanburg
$36,360
Pee Dee South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
$35,820
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
$34,510
Anderson
$34,470
Columbia
$33,940
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville
$33,300
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
$30,170
Augusta-Richmond County
$28,220

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