Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$45,130

National average

Salary Range

$34,790 – $64,660

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Modesto, CA$86,150$35,550$94,400
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$73,460$36,490$88,740
Tuscaloosa, AL$67,540$38,750$67,540
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$66,440$47,490$71,450
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$66,420$39,010$71,330
Portland-South Portland, ME$58,290$45,380$59,460
Montana$58,060$36,820$66,260
St. Louis, MO-IL$57,580$36,540$74,630
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$57,460$43,760$74,820
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$56,870$37,960$56,870
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$55,910$46,020$56,360
Vallejo, CA$55,660$36,640$64,430
Sandusky, OH$55,070$40,950$67,560
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$54,840$35,300$71,200
Stockton-Lodi, CA$54,730$36,720$75,480
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$54,590$29,860$61,680
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$54,400$36,280$63,390
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$54,330$31,560$65,950
Duluth, MN-WI$54,090$38,200$59,440
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$53,260$48,950$65,720
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$53,100$31,200$72,310
Maine$52,960$41,660$59,460
Reading, PA$52,760$46,560$57,460
Vineland, NJ$52,260$39,330$64,840
Jonesboro, AR$52,040$29,940$64,320
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$51,980$40,260$60,840
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$51,880$37,190$63,250
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$51,720$38,500$64,050
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$51,410$34,790$68,000
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$51,390$38,890$70,280
Lancaster, PA$51,150$46,990$60,710
Elmira, NY$51,130$31,200$64,660
Joplin, MO-KS$51,030$32,650$65,370
Colorado$50,890$41,100$59,850
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$50,890$41,100$61,580
Pennsylvania$50,810$38,540$76,260
Vermont$50,700$37,590$58,610
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$50,700$41,180$59,850
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$50,640$35,470$66,090
Minnesota$50,480$39,160$67,680
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$50,470$35,850$59,690
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$49,900$37,430$72,080
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$49,870$39,150$70,320
South Carolina$49,730$37,110$64,050
Appleton, WI$49,680$38,650$62,520
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$49,590$37,180$58,820
Gainesville, GA$49,500$32,730$60,440
Spartanburg, SC$49,450$43,570$63,480
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$49,310$39,380$61,680
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$49,280$42,430$68,270
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$49,250$40,520$66,780
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$49,190$34,620$58,570
Idaho$49,150$37,320$52,380
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$49,130$40,450$62,140
West Virginia$49,050$33,980$63,940
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$49,050$35,960$67,000
Virginia$48,980$35,360$66,080
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$48,980$36,900$68,700
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$48,960$35,150$77,620
Louisiana$48,950$27,480$73,020
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$48,700$33,290$50,820
Fresno, CA$48,310$35,020$72,140
York-Hanover, PA$48,240$38,290$52,710
Lincoln, NE$48,200$34,250$54,770
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$48,060$37,140$60,580
Connecticut$48,010$35,470$59,480
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$48,010$34,380$61,340
Oregon$47,890$40,450$62,870
Toledo, OH$47,840$37,030$49,640
Nevada$47,820$38,210$57,650
Missouri$47,760$33,240$62,780
New Jersey$47,720$37,640$61,500
Illinois$47,680$32,970$74,630
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$47,570$36,740$75,060
Washington$47,570$36,720$75,830
Rapid City, SD$47,440$31,210$60,080
Iowa$47,440$37,090$63,250
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$47,400$27,840$62,480
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$47,340$34,240$50,340
New York$46,930$32,800$71,330
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$46,780$37,870$63,670
Nebraska$46,770$37,860$51,110
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$46,770$37,140$69,110
Evansville, IN$46,690$36,520$46,690
Birmingham, AL$46,640$38,680$50,620
Columbus, OH$46,610$36,990$56,280
California$46,590$36,400$68,440
Springfield, MA$46,530$38,270$55,420
New Hampshire$46,500$37,190$55,110
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$46,490$38,550$73,410
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$46,480$38,930$58,910
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$46,320$38,020$56,510
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$46,290$35,590$69,310
Indiana$46,250$36,520$60,580
Knoxville, TN$46,250$40,510$57,470
North Carolina$46,210$36,140$69,110
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$46,180$34,440$63,070
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$46,080$39,120$53,620
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$46,020$37,840$60,000
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$46,010$35,840$61,630
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$45,960$38,260$49,180
Omaha, NE-IA$45,870$37,760$51,100
Georgia$45,860$30,840$57,500
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$45,760$37,510$57,730
Pittsburgh, PA$45,730$38,720$58,310
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$45,650$38,950$56,490
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$45,610$36,630$60,740
Massachusetts$45,600$36,900$54,540
Raleigh-Cary, NC$45,590$39,090$66,270
Eugene-Springfield, OR$45,590$41,690$55,340
Maryland$45,580$33,660$50,340
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$45,530$36,090$63,800
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$45,420$36,710$73,070
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$45,400$36,560$64,020
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$45,390$34,910$64,110
Kansas$45,370$38,070$53,560
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$45,370$38,050$49,520
Bend, OR$45,310$40,860$56,490
Winchester, VA-WV$45,210$34,520$60,290
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$45,200$36,220$52,180
Syracuse, NY$45,130$34,310$64,000
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$45,050$37,390$61,810
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$45,020$37,700$69,910
Arizona$45,020$36,180$69,890
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$44,850$34,120$50,960
Ohio$44,790$36,890$60,160
Arkansas$44,780$35,560$64,060
Asheville, NC$44,740$38,400$55,310
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$44,610$35,790$58,390
Richmond, VA$44,580$42,720$84,490
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$44,550$28,470$49,550
Jackson, TN$44,530$37,710$47,870
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$44,510$33,170$58,650
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$44,480$39,620$61,260
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$44,480$35,990$78,430
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$44,420$30,930$60,130
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$44,410$36,490$59,100
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$44,370$28,530$75,080
Roanoke, VA$44,100$37,660$66,080
North Dakota$44,020$40,990$55,700
Lima, OH$43,950$37,970$60,570
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$43,910$32,970$79,160
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$43,880$38,080$50,550
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$43,870$36,200$50,280
Cleveland, OH$43,850$37,680$50,230
Worcester, MA$43,730$36,130$59,130
Michigan$43,570$34,230$60,710
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$43,490$36,720$51,470
Kansas City, MO-KS$43,470$31,130$53,630
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$43,330$30,890$55,880
Winston-Salem, NC$43,320$35,680$61,820
Oklahoma$43,270$33,170$65,950
Manchester-Nashua, NH$43,240$31,480$58,470
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$43,120$36,000$49,830
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$43,100$32,750$57,490
Jackson, MS$43,040$36,570$55,970
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$42,880$34,860$55,310
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$42,840$37,060$59,920
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$42,830$36,210$42,830
Tennessee$42,670$35,320$51,110
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$42,640$36,550$53,210
South Dakota$42,640$36,350$58,820
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$42,510$31,270$56,820
Canton-Massillon, OH$42,360$37,400$49,470
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$42,300$35,810$48,630
Decatur, AL$42,220$33,950$50,310
Chattanooga, TN-GA$42,130$35,320$55,180
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$42,110$35,560$46,600
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$41,920$36,910$51,700
Fort Wayne, IN$41,800$36,300$67,640
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$41,630$33,340$56,770
Wichita, KS$41,490$41,490$52,050
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$41,480$35,840$60,720
St. Joseph, MO-KS$41,040$31,390$49,050
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$41,020$39,270$72,480
Rochester, NY$41,020$31,870$59,850
Wisconsin$41,020$35,870$64,990
Florida$40,860$32,140$50,960
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$40,770$33,230$61,340
Akron, OH$40,730$36,910$54,480
Dalton, GA$40,720$31,200$51,920
Kentucky$40,710$30,100$50,290
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$40,700$34,430$59,730
Columbus, IN$40,580$35,470$64,060
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$40,460$37,990$48,420
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$40,430$33,840$49,940
Madison, WI$40,380$37,720$68,990
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$40,370$34,510$63,740
Jefferson City, MO$40,320$31,180$48,770
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$40,240$30,620$52,330
Mississippi$40,190$28,190$52,330
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$40,000$32,230$55,760
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$39,860$29,030$57,310
Alabama$39,830$30,700$59,230
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$39,780$37,560$48,760
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$39,540$36,130$46,020
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$39,430$34,360$54,350
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$39,430$32,040$48,940
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$39,360$34,480$48,230
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$39,260$37,290$58,400
Clarksville, TN-KY$39,070$37,150$48,940
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$39,040$36,170$44,600
Utah$38,940$38,410$55,010
Greensboro-High Point, NC$38,940$34,720$54,790
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$38,710$23,650$54,740
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$38,510$27,500$46,680
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$38,430$31,200$62,920
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$38,290$28,510$51,830
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$38,160$35,430$58,870
Lexington-Fayette, KY$38,150$31,480$54,190
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$38,130$35,140$58,850
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$38,040$32,190$49,170
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$38,040$30,800$56,500
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$38,030$30,120$50,620
El Centro, CA$38,000$34,430$70,910
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$37,880$34,980$60,610
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$37,850$34,480$56,640
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$37,740$31,670$60,560
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$37,500$30,030$46,350
Fort Smith, AR-OK$37,440$30,680$47,370
Texas$37,100$30,970$59,850
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$37,100$33,020$47,480
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$36,780$35,550$51,050
Rockford, IL$36,740$31,070$56,740
Tulsa, OK$36,560$33,710$56,270
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$36,550$35,990$55,160
Youngstown-Warren, OH$36,030$34,280$48,820
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$36,030$29,370$51,850
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$35,940$33,570$40,240
New Mexico$35,520$29,650$38,400
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$35,430$32,250$56,330
Rhode Island$35,180$30,720$57,490
Oklahoma City, OK$34,850$33,170$46,230
Killeen-Temple, TX$34,270$30,700$59,850
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$33,200$32,440$44,430
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$31,030$23,920$42,690
Longview, TX$30,630$30,630$37,990
El Paso, TX$30,330$26,750$36,620
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$24,860$20,380$28,340
Puerto Rico$22,600$20,210$28,340

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make?▾

The median annual salary for a Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders is $45,130, with a typical range of $34,790 – $64,660 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders?▾

Entry-level Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders positions typically start around $34,790 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenderss earn the most?▾

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenderss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.