Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$46,980

National average

Salary Range

$35,390 – $62,470

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Baton Rouge, LA$103,300$46,220$106,770
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$65,870$51,480$77,380
Rhode Island$64,860$47,690$69,550
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$62,710$49,930$66,040
Cedar Rapids, IA$62,240$38,110$70,990
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$59,480$40,240$76,110
Terre Haute, IN$59,290$43,960$69,190
Omaha, NE-IA$58,380$37,630$61,910
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$57,870$45,230$66,360
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$57,070$35,030$62,540
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$56,900$30,530$66,790
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$56,340$41,280$79,150
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$56,300$46,910$64,450
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$55,290$45,540$64,860
Fort Smith, AR-OK$55,270$38,820$58,790
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$54,660$48,520$56,200
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$54,360$40,430$54,360
Minnesota$54,340$42,160$65,760
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$54,340$47,780$62,790
Columbia, SC$54,210$37,880$74,330
Appleton, WI$54,170$38,980$64,380
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$54,080$39,090$62,470
Reading, PA$53,980$41,060$71,460
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$53,930$53,930$85,970
Pittsburgh, PA$53,720$40,290$95,110
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$53,720$37,440$61,320
Rocky Mount, NC$53,670$40,760$59,930
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$53,370$51,090$53,780
Williamsport, PA$53,250$43,790$59,900
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$53,190$40,040$64,510
Maryland$53,190$37,370$68,910
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$52,960$35,320$55,570
Vermont$52,900$40,240$76,110
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$52,400$37,760$65,350
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$52,270$40,650$64,110
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$52,150$44,040$57,640
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$52,060$38,720$73,410
North Carolina$51,930$37,530$61,320
St. Louis, MO-IL$51,800$38,130$78,430
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$51,730$36,810$71,990
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$51,720$38,540$64,710
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$51,710$36,860$64,970
Richmond, VA$51,700$41,740$57,650
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$51,210$42,330$65,770
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$50,880$38,960$62,940
Clarksville, TN-KY$50,830$31,300$62,270
Nebraska$50,750$36,860$58,380
South Carolina$50,750$38,280$64,620
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$50,750$36,100$50,750
Fort Wayne, IN$50,700$37,560$55,520
Duluth, MN-WI$50,680$38,800$64,160
Louisiana$50,610$34,210$105,120
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$50,440$44,940$65,320
Delaware$50,410$35,740$63,510
Manchester-Nashua, NH$50,310$40,190$64,930
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$50,260$40,410$60,200
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$49,900$37,910$63,680
Arizona$49,850$39,460$61,170
Greensboro-High Point, NC$49,770$37,530$58,630
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$49,750$35,750$70,320
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$49,700$39,290$81,900
Janesville-Beloit, WI$49,630$45,270$63,240
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$49,590$39,630$70,350
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$49,560$39,890$59,100
New Jersey$49,540$36,960$62,890
Colorado$49,510$30,620$58,810
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$49,510$36,720$56,730
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$49,460$32,250$60,210
Asheville, NC$49,330$45,760$54,990
Sheboygan, WI$49,270$42,590$61,620
Birmingham, AL$49,240$39,400$65,910
Worcester, MA$49,100$41,240$54,420
Illinois$49,070$36,770$72,150
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$49,070$37,370$63,210
Connecticut$49,020$35,950$63,440
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$48,950$37,750$60,940
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$48,860$48,850$56,280
Wisconsin$48,840$39,100$63,980
New Hampshire$48,820$41,100$73,430
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$48,690$35,670$69,970
Evansville, IN$48,620$35,460$60,570
Arkansas$48,570$37,890$58,790
Bloomington, IN$48,530$41,330$59,210
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$48,450$32,860$62,360
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$48,400$37,070$49,080
Wausau, WI$48,360$38,360$55,800
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$48,300$38,320$61,930
Massachusetts$48,290$38,470$58,900
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$48,200$38,930$62,800
Spartanburg, SC$48,190$36,250$58,820
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$48,100$39,520$59,740
South Dakota$48,060$38,490$59,160
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$48,060$38,480$59,160
New York$48,050$35,240$58,680
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$47,930$36,710$58,710
Traverse City, MI$47,880$39,520$57,800
Eau Claire, WI$47,840$39,820$57,670
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$47,840$38,730$62,990
Syracuse, NY$47,820$42,500$57,560
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$47,720$39,380$57,680
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$47,690$35,460$52,160
Pennsylvania$47,670$37,160$68,970
Michigan$47,660$37,750$60,940
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$47,650$39,410$48,860
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$47,640$36,900$61,520
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$47,580$34,420$54,930
Jackson, TN$47,480$34,490$64,040
Madison, WI$47,460$41,860$65,420
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$47,380$39,230$63,930
West Virginia$47,360$30,950$83,070
Logan, UT-ID$47,300$44,910$47,930
Indiana$47,280$36,440$60,630
Virginia$47,260$38,140$62,290
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$47,230$38,360$60,320
Columbus, OH$47,210$35,350$59,650
Kentucky$47,170$30,590$62,350
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$47,160$37,660$56,580
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$47,060$36,560$63,050
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$47,040$30,330$60,580
Owensboro, KY$47,030$39,520$56,830
Georgia$46,930$37,540$65,770
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$46,930$33,390$62,210
New Haven, CT$46,890$38,140$62,650
Niles, MI$46,840$38,630$56,550
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$46,750$43,070$46,750
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$46,740$35,250$58,760
Iowa$46,590$38,630$62,240
Toledo, OH$46,480$34,900$51,010
Lancaster, PA$46,420$40,200$68,970
Dalton, GA$46,390$38,710$57,700
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$46,320$40,380$59,810
Oregon$46,230$39,570$61,590
York-Hanover, PA$46,200$37,390$59,260
Oklahoma City, OK$46,120$33,520$49,550
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$46,120$35,940$59,590
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$46,010$34,960$60,550
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$45,930$37,520$58,070
Maine$45,880$33,870$99,270
Winston-Salem, NC$45,850$37,280$57,900
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$45,840$36,950$62,580
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$45,780$39,010$58,970
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$45,760$40,340$56,570
Washington$45,750$38,420$58,900
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$45,700$34,960$68,800
Raleigh-Cary, NC$45,640$38,090$63,550
Chattanooga, TN-GA$45,640$35,620$57,820
Kansas City, MO-KS$45,610$37,140$59,750
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$45,400$37,950$46,820
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$45,390$36,120$57,880
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$45,390$38,340$58,340
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$45,380$26,630$58,220
Utica-Rome, NY$45,310$34,470$56,440
Texas$45,280$31,210$60,430
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$45,220$35,320$60,800
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$45,110$36,590$61,190
Visalia, CA$45,060$35,310$58,550
Tulsa, OK$44,980$28,060$49,120
California$44,970$35,700$61,190
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$44,960$39,520$62,330
Utah$44,910$30,140$58,880
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$44,880$37,890$56,250
Oklahoma$44,770$34,520$49,550
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$44,510$34,420$59,630
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$44,460$34,640$51,760
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$44,460$32,010$57,380
Alexandria, LA$44,440$33,140$48,450
New Mexico$44,340$39,350$52,080
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$44,190$36,280$54,550
Wyoming$44,070$32,380$50,670
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$44,040$36,010$57,620
Knoxville, TN$43,980$33,580$59,290
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$43,940$32,210$54,550
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$43,890$38,370$54,720
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$43,860$36,460$55,780
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$43,800$32,600$58,090
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$43,710$28,450$58,400
Kansas$43,660$29,820$59,750
Tennessee$43,660$31,600$56,430
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$43,620$32,240$61,800
Modesto, CA$43,620$36,330$53,690
Lynchburg, VA$43,430$42,560$43,430
Stockton-Lodi, CA$43,400$34,320$55,620
Ohio$43,320$33,280$59,120
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$42,960$34,340$53,180
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$42,670$35,570$52,300
Missouri$42,640$34,980$59,370
Reno, NV$42,590$34,330$57,740
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$42,270$32,880$45,830
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$42,130$32,790$55,530
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$41,930$31,260$57,340
Alabama$41,750$30,550$62,360
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$41,750$36,500$65,210
Youngstown-Warren, OH$41,350$29,180$65,470
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$41,090$32,230$58,730
Joplin, MO-KS$40,900$37,110$40,900
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$40,900$31,400$55,180
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$40,830$35,520$57,700
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$40,820$37,660$57,060
Morristown, TN$40,770$33,130$47,600
Mississippi$40,700$31,790$52,160
Jackson, MS$40,650$36,090$49,900
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$40,420$34,940$49,000
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$40,290$35,950$55,590
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$40,260$33,630$44,410
Florida$40,150$32,250$55,570
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$40,040$28,820$49,230
Springfield, MA$39,920$38,340$55,540
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$39,880$30,950$83,070
Idaho$39,840$39,680$53,380
Akron, OH$39,580$30,470$51,020
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$39,560$34,040$59,320
Abilene, TX$39,520$39,520$42,190
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$39,390$31,610$48,380
Erie, PA$39,380$30,140$59,520
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$39,350$35,230$57,610
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$39,350$37,040$59,380
Roanoke, VA$39,290$38,140$48,480
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$39,050$28,200$55,640
Gainesville, GA$39,010$36,570$48,080
Jacksonville, FL$38,480$29,760$51,180
Lincoln, NE$38,450$34,680$49,150
Nevada$38,430$34,410$52,170
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$38,430$34,410$51,250
El Paso, TX$38,300$29,430$50,630
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$38,180$30,880$47,200
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$38,130$31,580$50,270
Rome, GA$37,810$31,460$50,640
Canton-Massillon, OH$37,770$31,650$59,420
Ocala, FL$37,750$32,380$48,410
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$37,750$32,340$59,610
Johnson City, TN$37,560$29,830$45,680
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$37,440$29,480$58,590
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$37,130$30,140$64,320
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$37,040$31,600$54,560
Fresno, CA$36,930$35,700$52,280
Cleveland, OH$36,890$31,200$53,570
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$36,700$36,420$47,600
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$36,440$27,020$64,630
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$36,350$35,170$49,160
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$36,180$32,830$58,980
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$35,750$32,250$55,570
Wichita, KS$35,400$27,570$47,390
Monroe, LA$34,420$32,570$45,120
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$31,790$31,750$46,590
Auburn-Opelika, AL$30,550$30,550$38,910
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$19,930$19,920$23,630
Puerto Rico$19,930$19,920$22,200

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic make?▾

The median annual salary for a Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is $46,980, with a typical range of $35,390 – $62,470 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic?▾

Entry-level Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic positions typically start around $35,390 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastics earn the most?▾

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastics tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.