Rolling Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

The annual salary statistics of rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Fort Worth-Arlington 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 Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$24,890
25th Percentile Wage
$26,440
50th Percentile Wage
$28,980
75th Percentile Wage
$33,900
90th Percentile Wage
$42,910

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $42,910. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $28,980. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $24,890.

Median salary trend

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

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$28,980
-20.08% 2.55%
2016
$34,800
10.23% -
2015
$31,240
11.97% -
2014
$27,500
0.51% -
2013
$27,360
-3.22% -
2012
$28,240
- -

Table 2. Compare Rolling Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $28,980, Fort Worth-Arlington is the lowest paying city for rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in state of Texas, following city of Beaumont-Port Arthur (median annual salary of $49,700). Also we note that in comparison, the annual salary of rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Fort Worth-Arlington is about 41.7 percent (41.7%) lower than that of the highest paying city Beaumont-Port Arthur.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$49,700
Odessa
$46,460
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$42,750
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$40,340
Corpus Christi
$39,870
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$39,510
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$39,470
El Paso
$39,380
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$39,200
Midland
$38,620
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$36,280
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$36,080
San Angelo
$34,110
Longview
$29,980
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$29,290
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$29,220
Fort Worth-Arlington
$28,980