The annual salary statistics of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Roanoke, Virginia is shown in Table 1. The wage information of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Roanoke is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $28,690 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $31,150 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $37,560 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $51,660 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $59,430 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Roanoke, Virginia in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $59,430. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $37,560. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $28,690.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $37,560 | -19.04% | 25.67% |
| 2021 | $44,710 | 16.75% | - |
| 2020 | $37,220 | 7.82% | - |
| 2019 | $34,310 | -1.11% | - |
| 2018 | $34,690 | -7.41% | - |
| 2017 | $37,260 | -6.28% | - |
| 2016 | $39,600 | 8.01% | - |
| 2015 | $36,430 | 5.08% | - |
| 2014 | $34,580 | 15.76% | - |
| 2013 | $29,130 | 4.15% | - |
| 2012 | $27,920 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $37,560 in Roanoke is in the middle of salary range for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in state of Virginia. In comparison, the annual salary of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Roanoke is 24.5 percent (24.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area and 3.8 percent (3.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol.