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

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

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$20,980
25th Percentile Wage
$23,510
50th Percentile Wage
$28,020
75th Percentile Wage
$34,450
90th Percentile Wage
$42,750

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for plating and coating 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 $42,750. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $28,020. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $20,980.

Median salary trend

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

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$28,020
6.67% 33.51%
2016
$26,150
1.30% -
2015
$25,810
8.41% -
2014
$23,640
10.58% -
2013
$21,140
11.87% -
2012
$18,630
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Table 2. Compare Plating and Coating 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 $28,020 in Dallas-Plano-Irving is in the middle of salary range for plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Dallas-Plano-Irving is 48.7 percent (48.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Corpus Christi and 17.3 percent (17.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Corpus Christi
$54,670
Midland
$39,720
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$37,630
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$36,020
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$35,250
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$35,190
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$34,190
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$32,080
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$30,040
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$30,010
Fort Worth-Arlington
$29,560
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$28,020
Odessa
$26,200
Waco
$25,540
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$23,500
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$23,170