2021 Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States
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Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators and Tenders, Metal and Plastic set up, operate, or tend milling or planing machines to mill, plane, shape, groove, or profile metal or plastic work pieces.
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Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators and Tenders, Metal and Plastic with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $28,270 to $34,340 per year or $14 to $17 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
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Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators and Tenders, Metal and Plastic to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
| Level | Hourly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| Highest (Top 10%) | $31 | $64,150 |
| Senior (Top 25%) | $25 | $52,520 |
| Middle (Mid 50%) | $21 | $43,150 |
| Junior (Bottom 25%) | $17 | $34,340 |
| No experience (Bottom 10%) | $14 | $28,270 |
[custom_headline id=”states” class=”subheading” type=”left” level=”h3″] Highest paying states [/custom_headline]
| State | Hourly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| CT | $29 | $59,480 |
| SC | $28 | $57,780 |
| PA | $25 | $51,980 |
| NJ | $25 | $51,330 |
| NV | $24 | $50,610 |
| AL | $24 | $50,580 |
| ME | $24 | $49,890 |
| MN | $23 | $48,460 |
| IL | $23 | $48,250 |
| MA | $23 | $48,170 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Milling and Planing Machine Setter, Operator and Tender, Metal and Plastic is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like CT doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at CT might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid CNC Mill Operators are in the states of CT, SC, PA, NJ and NV.
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