Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
United States. Estimated employment 171,200, with pages for 8 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 51-4031
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
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$46,330 · 50th
$35,76010th
$38,87025th
$46,33050th
$55,41075th
$65,51090th
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| Flint, MI | $78,600 | 380 |
| Saginaw, MI | $55,630 | 390 |
| Detroit, MI | $50,460 | 11,650 |
| Lansing, MI | $48,200 | 450 |
| Muskegon, MI | $47,330 | 360 |
| Jackson, MI | $44,840 | 240 |
| Kalamazoo, MI | $44,440 | 280 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | $42,650 | 410 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 171,200 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 51-4031, Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Mapped to our taxonomy as cutting-punching-and-press-machine-setters-operators-and-tenders-metal-and-plastic.
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