Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Steubenville-Weirton, West Virginia

The annual salary statistics of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Steubenville-Weirton, West Virginia is shown in Table 1. The wage data of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Steubenville-Weirton 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 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Steubenville-Weirton, West Virginia

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$25,770
25th Percentile Wage
$31,580
50th Percentile Wage
$36,440
75th Percentile Wage
$42,760
90th Percentile Wage
$48,150

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Steubenville-Weirton, West Virginia in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $48,150. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $36,440. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $25,770.

Median salary trend

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 2014. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth2-Year Growth
2014
$36,440
4.06% 19.81%
2013
$34,960
16.42% -
2012
$29,220
- -

Table 2. Compare Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Steubenville-Weirton with Other West Virginia Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $36,440 in Steubenville-Weirton is in the middle of salary range for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in state of West Virginia. In comparison, the annual salary of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Steubenville-Weirton is 27.7 percent (27.7%) lower than that in the highest paying North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area and 15.1 percent (15.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area
$50,370
Weirton-Steubenville
$42,850
Hagerstown-Martinsburg
$39,190
Charleston
$37,190
Huntington-Ashland
$37,150
Winchester
$36,820
Steubenville-Weirton
$36,440
Wheeling
$36,040
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria
$35,360
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area
$30,950