Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas

The annual salary statistics of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Texarkana-Texarkana 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 Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$31,610
25th Percentile Wage
$31,770
50th Percentile Wage
$37,950
75th Percentile Wage
$43,340
90th Percentile Wage
$51,280

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $51,280. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $37,950. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,610.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

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 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth4-Year Growth
2022
$37,950
6.51% 24.24%
2021
$35,480
11.78% -
2020
$31,300
3.61% -
2019
$30,170
4.71% -
2018
$28,750
- -

Table 2. Compare Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Texarkana-Texarkana with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $37,950 in Texarkana-Texarkana is in the middle of salary range for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Texarkana-Texarkana is 20.0 percent (20.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Wichita Falls and 23.2 percent (23.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying San Angelo.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Wichita Falls
$47,410
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$43,890
Midland
$40,290
Texarkana-Texarkana
$37,950
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$37,830
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$37,580
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$37,580
Odessa
$37,470
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$37,450
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$37,020
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$36,960
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$36,760
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$36,670
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$36,520
College Station-Bryan
$36,470
Sherman-Denison
$36,450
Corpus Christi
$36,410
Victoria
$36,280
Waco
$36,220
Amarillo
$36,210
Tyler
$36,040
Longview
$35,960
Lubbock
$35,690
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$35,170
Abilene
$34,640
El Paso
$32,020
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$32,020
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$31,960
Fort Worth-Arlington
$30,950
Brownsville-Harlingen
$29,420
San Angelo
$29,140

See also: Top paying jobs in Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas.