Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Longview, Texas

The annual salary statistics of extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Longview, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Longview 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 Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Longview, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$21,580
25th Percentile Wage
$25,350
50th Percentile Wage
$31,210
75th Percentile Wage
$39,240
90th Percentile Wage
$49,820

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Longview, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $49,820. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $31,210. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $21,580.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic from 2012 to 2020.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth8-Year Growth
2020
$31,210
33.51% 5.13%
2019
$20,750
-40.39% -
2018
$29,130
-1.65% -
2014
$29,610
1.86% -
2013
$29,060
-1.89% -
2012
$29,610
- -

Table 2. Compare Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Longview with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $31,210 in Longview is in the middle of salary range for extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Longview is 34.4 percent (34.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Central Texas nonmetropolitan area and 25.7 percent (25.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Brownsville-Harlingen.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$47,580
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$39,350
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$38,700
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$37,870
Fort Worth-Arlington
$37,400
Odessa
$37,240
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$37,020
Waco
$36,810
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$36,790
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$36,620
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$36,600
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$34,840
Corpus Christi
$33,510
Longview
$31,210
Wichita Falls
$31,060
El Paso
$30,840
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$30,030
Tyler
$27,610
Lubbock
$25,860
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$25,620
Brownsville-Harlingen
$23,200

See also: Top paying jobs in Longview, Texas.