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 area	Median salary	Employed
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 area	Median salary	Employed
Huntsville, AL	$38,200	30
Anniston, AL	$38,070	40
Alabama	$35,770	300
Birmingham, AL	$31,920	130

AR

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Arkansas	$36,930	220

AZ

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Arizona	$40,550	620
Phoenix, AZ	$40,550	520
Tucson, AZ	$39,520	40

CA

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
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 area	Median salary	Employed
Colorado	$46,500	120
Denver, CO	$45,690	60

CT

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
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 area	Median salary	Employed
Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV	$50,890	70

FL

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
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 area	Median salary	Employed
Atlanta, GA	$42,590	490
Georgia	$38,310	660
Middle Georgia	$35,000	60

IA

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Southeast Iowa	$46,390	50
Iowa	$45,240	170
Davenport, IA-IL	$45,160	70

ID

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Idaho	$41,330	60

IL

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
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 area	Median salary	Employed
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 area	Median salary	Employed
Kansas	$45,680	90
Kansas	$43,680	390
Wichita, KS	$39,100	250

KY

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
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 area	Median salary	Employed
Louisiana	$31,540	130

MA

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Boston, MA-NH	$46,240	570
Massachusetts	$45,530	1,020
Springfield, MA	$42,390	240

MD

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Maryland	$40,310	90
Baltimore, MD	$38,450	—

ME

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Maine	$40,020	190
Portland, ME	$40,020	160

MI

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
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 area	Median salary	Employed
Minneapolis, MN-WI	$47,910	490
Minnesota	$46,430	720
Northwest Minnesota	$44,720	80
Southeast Minnesota	$40,100	80

MO

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Kansas City, MO-KS	$45,740	50
Missouri	$44,310	180
St. Louis, MO-IL	$44,310	200

MS

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Mississippi	$48,790	100

NC

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
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 area	Median salary	Employed
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 area	Median salary	Employed
New Hampshire	$46,740	100

NJ

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
New Jersey	$40,190	440

NV

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Nevada	$37,980	60
Reno, NV	$37,460	30

NY

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
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 area	Median salary	Employed
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 area	Median salary	Employed
Oklahoma City, OK	$64,420	90
Oklahoma	$48,800	170
Tulsa, OK	$43,160	50

OR

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Portland, OR-WA	$46,820	240
Oregon	$46,780	270

PA

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
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 area	Median salary	Employed
Providence, RI-MA	$38,380	420
Rhode Island	$37,590	300

SC

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
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 area	Median salary	Employed
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 area	Median salary	Employed
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 area	Median salary	Employed
Ogden, UT	$66,980	70
Utah	$46,280	180
Salt Lake City, UT	$42,800	60
Provo, UT	$41,870	30

VA

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Richmond, VA	$45,350	50
Virginia Beach, VA-NC	$43,110	90
Virginia	$40,280	320

WA

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Seattle, WA	$50,900	210
Washington	$50,840	390
Spokane, WA	$46,440	50

WI

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
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 area	Median salary	Employed
Huntington, WV-KY-OH	$25,990	30