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

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

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$19,960
25th Percentile Wage
$25,120
50th Percentile Wage
$34,190
75th Percentile Wage
$45,270
90th Percentile Wage
$53,840

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for milling and planing 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 $53,840. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $34,190. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $19,960.

Median salary trend

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

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$34,190
-33.66% -1.78%
2016
$45,700
3.74% -
2015
$43,990
2.82% -
2014
$42,750
10.55% -
2013
$38,240
9.00% -
2012
$34,800
- -

Table 2. Compare Milling and Planing 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 $34,190 in Dallas-Plano-Irving is in the middle of salary range for milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Dallas-Plano-Irving is 35.4 percent (35.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Fort Worth-Arlington and 42.9 percent (42.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Fort Worth-Arlington
$52,920
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$45,340
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$42,300
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$40,510
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$39,820
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$38,700
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$37,700
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$34,190
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$31,000
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$19,590
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$19,510