Forging Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas

The annual salary statistics of forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Dallas-Plano-Irving 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 Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$21,840
25th Percentile Wage
$25,040
50th Percentile Wage
$30,630
75th Percentile Wage
$38,490
90th Percentile Wage
$51,340

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $51,340. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $30,630. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $21,840.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$30,630
-8.42% -3.36%
2016
$33,210
-1.08% -
2015
$33,570
1.34% -
2014
$33,120
-2.93% -
2013
$34,090
7.13% -
2012
$31,660
- -

Table 2. Compare Forging Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Dallas-Plano-Irving with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $30,630 in Dallas-Plano-Irving is in the middle of salary range for forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Dallas-Plano-Irving is 35.7 percent (35.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown and 27.1 percent (27.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying McAllen-Edinburg-Mission.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$47,630
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$43,970
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$38,840
Brownsville-Harlingen
$38,060
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$36,810
Fort Worth-Arlington
$33,400
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$30,930
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$30,630
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$30,030
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$23,510
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$22,320