Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary by City

BLS OEWS May 2025 • 185 metro areas

Top-paying metros for Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
Ogden, UT $66,980 70
West Kentucky $66,150 120
Oklahoma City, OK $64,420 90
Oshkosh, WI $58,720 50
Reading, PA $55,230 100
Omaha, NE-IA $54,460 50

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      AL
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Huntsville, AL $38,200 30
      Anniston, AL $38,070 40
      Alabama $35,770 300
      Birmingham, AL $31,920 130
      AR
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Arkansas $36,930 220
      AZ
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Arizona $40,550 620
      Phoenix, AZ $40,550 520
      Tucson, AZ $39,520 40
      CA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      San Francisco, CA $52,000 450
      Santa Rosa, CA $50,520 70
      San Jose, CA $50,440 580
      Los Angeles, CA $46,390 3,050
      California $46,370 5,580
      Stockton, CA $45,410 80
      San Diego, CA $45,250 300
      Bakersfield, CA $44,730 40
      Sacramento, CA $44,560 130
      Riverside, CA $44,220 360
      Fresno, CA $41,600 70
      Oxnard, CA $40,990 330
      CO
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Colorado $46,500 120
      Denver, CO $45,690 60
      CT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      New Haven, CT $45,960 60
      Bridgeport, CT $39,410 100
      Connecticut $38,260 660
      Waterbury, CT $37,790 210
      Hartford, CT $37,240 280
      DC
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV $50,890 70
      FL
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Jacksonville, FL $54,060 40
      Palm Bay, FL $44,560 60
      Florida $40,550 420
      Tampa, FL $40,430 90
      Miami, FL $40,150 170
      GA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Atlanta, GA $42,590 490
      Georgia $38,310 660
      Middle Georgia $35,000 60
      IA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Southeast Iowa $46,390 50
      Iowa $45,240 170
      Davenport, IA-IL $45,160 70
      ID
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Idaho $41,330 60
      IL
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Chicago, IL-IN $47,730 1,560
      Illinois $44,990 1,880
      Rockford, IL $44,170 110
      Northwest Illinois $43,660 70
      West Central Illinois $39,110 30
      IN
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      South Bend, IN-MI $47,280 100
      Indianapolis, IN $42,680 350
      Elkhart, IN $40,120 140
      Fort Wayne, IN $38,740 160
      Indiana $38,130 1,920
      Terre Haute, IN $37,670 50
      Southern Indiana $37,640 180
      Muncie, IN $37,450 30
      Columbus, IN $37,080 —
      Northern Indiana $36,980 280
      KS
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Kansas $45,680 90
      Kansas $43,680 390
      Wichita, KS $39,100 250
      KY
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      West Kentucky $66,150 120
      South Central Kentucky $47,400 60
      Central Kentucky $38,800 60
      Kentucky $38,800 560
      Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $34,700 140
      Lexington, KY $32,250 60
      LA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Louisiana $31,540 130
      MA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Boston, MA-NH $46,240 570
      Massachusetts $45,530 1,020
      Springfield, MA $42,390 240
      MD
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Maryland $40,310 90
      Baltimore, MD $38,450 —
      ME
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Maine $40,020 190
      Portland, ME $40,020 160
      MI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Battle Creek, MI $46,020 40
      Jackson, MI $39,900 100
      Kalamazoo, MI $39,630 80
      Ann Arbor, MI $39,430 40
      Southern Michigan $38,750 90
      Lansing, MI $38,030 80
      Detroit, MI $37,000 1,870
      Michigan $36,890 3,460
      Niles, MI $36,420 60
      Muskegon, MI $35,940 80
      Monroe, MI $35,820 110
      Grand Rapids, MI $35,760 690
      Northern Michigan $34,920 40
      Upper Peninsula of Michigan $34,570 40
      MN
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Minneapolis, MN-WI $47,910 490
      Minnesota $46,430 720
      Northwest Minnesota $44,720 80
      Southeast Minnesota $40,100 80
      MO
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Kansas City, MO-KS $45,740 50
      Missouri $44,310 180
      St. Louis, MO-IL $44,310 200
      MS
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Mississippi $48,790 100
      NC
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Asheville, NC $47,950 50
      Charlotte, NC-SC $42,880 130
      North Carolina $41,850 490
      Western North Carolina $41,850 30
      Greensboro, NC $38,500 60
      NE
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Omaha, NE-IA $54,460 50
      South Nebraska $47,910 50
      Nebraska $39,200 360
      Northeast Nebraska $39,200 50
      Lincoln, NE $37,340 200
      NH
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      New Hampshire $46,740 100
      NJ
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      New Jersey $40,190 440
      NV
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Nevada $37,980 60
      Reno, NV $37,460 30
      NY
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Utica, NY $44,440 40
      New York $44,110 1,000
      New York, NY-NJ $43,800 710
      Buffalo, NY $40,670 150
      Southwest New York $39,190 60
      Rochester, NY $38,010 60
      Syracuse, NY $37,230 90
      OH
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Dayton, OH $47,980 210
      Columbus, OH $46,460 70
      Youngstown, OH $45,780 100
      Eastern Ohio $45,760 30
      Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $44,190 170
      Akron, OH $43,720 90
      North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $43,720 80
      Ohio $43,720 1,640
      West Northwestern Ohio $43,550 120
      Cleveland, OH $40,350 550
      Canton, OH $37,630 90
      OK
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Oklahoma City, OK $64,420 90
      Oklahoma $48,800 170
      Tulsa, OK $43,160 50
      OR
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Portland, OR-WA $46,820 240
      Oregon $46,780 270
      PA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Reading, PA $55,230 100
      Central Pennsylvania $48,760 40
      Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD $47,110 230
      Allentown, PA-NJ $46,130 50
      Scranton, PA $43,020 70
      Pennsylvania $42,920 1,260
      Northwestern Pennsylvania $40,490 130
      Pittsburgh, PA $39,280 320
      Lancaster, PA $37,630 50
      York, PA $37,210 80
      Southwestern Pennsylvania $35,090 40
      Erie, PA $34,740 130
      RI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Providence, RI-MA $38,380 420
      Rhode Island $37,590 300
      SC
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Spartanburg, SC $47,310 30
      Charleston, SC $44,130 70
      South Carolina $40,110 580
      Greenville, SC $39,980 130
      Northwestern South Carolina $39,870 —
      TN
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Nashville, TN $48,440 370
      Knoxville, TN $46,460 120
      Tennessee $45,200 1,060
      West Tennessee $43,430 50
      Memphis, TN-MS-AR $43,310 50
      Jackson, TN $42,710 50
      Kingsport, TN-VA $37,090 40
      East Tennessee $36,420 200
      Chattanooga, TN-GA $27,520 110
      TX
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      San Antonio, TX $39,430 70
      Austin, TX $38,600 80
      North Region of Texas $36,250 100
      Dallas, TX $36,180 550
      Texas $36,180 2,380
      Houston, TX $35,380 940
      UT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Ogden, UT $66,980 70
      Utah $46,280 180
      Salt Lake City, UT $42,800 60
      Provo, UT $41,870 30
      VA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Richmond, VA $45,350 50
      Virginia Beach, VA-NC $43,110 90
      Virginia $40,280 320
      WA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Seattle, WA $50,900 210
      Washington $50,840 390
      Spokane, WA $46,440 50
      WI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Oshkosh, WI $58,720 50
      Racine, WI $44,130 30
      South Central Wisconsin $43,570 40
      Appleton, WI $42,340 50
      Wisconsin $39,380 890
      Green Bay, WI $37,940 120
      Milwaukee, WI $37,290 250
      Northwestern Wisconsin $37,220 30
      Kenosha, WI $28,080 80
      WV
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Huntington, WV-KY-OH $25,990 30