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Multiple Machine Tool Setter, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary by State (2026)

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic earn the most in West Virginia at $76,080 a year and the least in Mississippi at $36,330 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). The national median is $47,180. The table below covers 45 states and Puerto Rico, with a cost-of-living adjusted column.

Highest median
$76,080West Virginia
National median
$47,180BLS OEWS, May 2025
Lowest median
$36,330Mississippi
Areas reporting
46of 54 OEWS areas

Top and bottom

Highest- and lowest-paying states for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

Ranked on the state median among the 45 reporting states. Territories are in the full table but not ranked here.

Highest median pay

  1. 1West Virginia$76,080
  2. 2Kentucky$54,960
  3. 3Missouri$53,160
  4. 4Maryland$51,780
  5. 5Nebraska$50,960

Lowest median pay

  1. 1Mississippi$36,330
  2. 2Rhode Island$38,720
  3. 3Georgia$38,810
  4. 4Wyoming$40,000
  5. 5Nevada$40,310

All states

Multiple Machine Tool Setter, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic salary in every state

Sort by any column. Employment is the number of multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic OEWS estimates in that state; blank cells are estimates BLS suppressed because the sample was too small.

Annual wages by state, sortable by median, quartiles, employment and cost-of-living adjusted median
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1WVWest Virginia
$76,080
$51,010$76,0801,920$85,008
2KYKentucky
$54,960
$47,250$71,2605,510$60,959
3MOMissouri
$53,160
$44,820$80,0807,220$58,535
4MDMaryland
$51,780
$44,520$61,350400$49,334
5NENebraska
$50,960
$41,950$54,1001,250$56,557
6VAVirginia
$50,600
$42,820$59,9801,030$50,047
7WAWashington
$50,540
$45,010$66,990830$47,228
8VTVermont
$50,450
$48,300$61,080110$51,502
9IDIdaho
$50,410
$48,810$53,810480$52,789
10NYNew York
$49,890
$42,890$61,3503,660$46,228
11NDNorth Dakota
$49,190
$38,170$71,140490$55,295
12TXTexas
$49,050
$39,460$80,11010,540$50,537
13MNMinnesota
$48,980
$46,420$58,7302,540$49,665
14IAIowa
$48,910
$45,220$53,9404,460$55,730
15KSKansas
$48,450
$37,650$48,460290$53,793
16MAMassachusetts
$48,230
$44,810$59,8101,390$45,605
17PAPennsylvania
$48,070
$42,740$57,1907,960$49,266
18WIWisconsin
$47,700
$42,620$59,1103,570$50,693
19OROregon
$47,470
$46,940$48,0901,120$45,926
20NCNorth Carolina
$47,320
$40,320$56,1103,200$50,166
21CACalifornia
$46,810
$40,970$56,0503,190$42,278
22MEMaine
$46,710
$41,720$49,000300$48,130
23OKOklahoma
$46,470
$38,470$51,1002,180$52,901
24OHOhio
$46,420
$38,600$56,23011,170$50,036
25LALouisiana
$46,210
$37,810$54,870900$52,388
26COColorado
$46,160
$45,410$60,500220$44,793
27MIMichigan
$45,920
$37,910$61,3209,350$47,725
28SCSouth Carolina
$45,740
$39,740$54,5004,520$48,790
29NHNew Hampshire
$45,710
$41,410$56,380600$43,882
30INIndiana
$45,100
$39,960$49,1307,480$48,324
31SDSouth Dakota
$44,700
$38,090$56,380120$50,459
32ILIllinois
$44,350
$38,070$50,5706,090$44,369
33ARArkansas
$44,080
$37,170$49,4701,570$50,703
34ALAlabama
$43,800
$35,810$52,6901,680$49,312
35TNTennessee
$43,630
$37,120$48,310930$47,491
36UTUtah
$43,550
$37,820$48,4301,340$44,050
37AZArizona
$43,090
$36,390$48,7901,760$42,800
38CTConnecticut
$42,580
$38,280$49,6602,150$41,096
39NJNew Jersey
$41,390
$37,700$51,3203,090$38,041
40FLFlorida
$41,220
$37,430$47,5102,530$39,859
41NVNevada
$40,310
$40,310$48,030N/A$40,318
42WYWyoming
$40,000
$37,920$41,250110$43,154
43GAGeorgia
$38,810
$35,980$47,2102,980$40,304
44RIRhode Island
$38,720
$35,710$47,630680$37,857
45MSMississippi
$36,330
$32,780$41,5401,070$41,781
46PRPuerto Rico
$28,770
$23,360$30,250670N/A

Method

How the cost-of-living adjustment works

The adjusted column divides each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (RPP) and multiplies by 100. RPPs measure how much a fixed basket of goods, services and rents costs in one state relative to the national average, so the result restates local pay in national-average dollars.

For multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic, the adjustment does not change the leader: West Virginia is first on raw pay and still first once prices are taken into account, at $85,008.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024 (public domain). The adjustment is NueCareer's calculation, not a BLS or BEA published statistic.

Questions

Multiple Machine Tool Setter, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic pay by state: FAQ

Which state pays multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic the most?

West Virginia reports the highest median wage for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic at $76,080 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), followed by Kentucky ($54,960) and Missouri ($53,160).

Which state pays multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic the least?

Among the 45 reporting states, Mississippi reports the lowest median for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic at $36,330 a year, $39,750 below the highest-paying state (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Among the territories, Puerto Rico reports $28,770.

Is the highest-paying state the best for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic after cost of living?

Yes. West Virginia stays first after dividing each state median by its BEA Regional Price Parity, at $85,008 in national-average dollars from a raw $76,080. BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024; the adjustment is NueCareer's calculation.

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