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Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Wage and Price Data in the US (2025)

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Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders set up, operate, or tend machines, such as glass-forming machines, plodder machines, and tuber machines, to shape and form products such as glassware, food, rubber, soap, brick, tile, clay, wax, tobacco, or cosmetics. Excludes "Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders" (51-6042) and "Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders" (51-9196).

State Geographic Wage Rates for Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY Average $x.x per hour $x.x per hour $x.x per hour $x.x per hour $x.x per hour IBISWorld
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Geographic Area Average ($/hour) 2025 Entry level ($/hour) 2025 Medium ($/hour) 2025 Experienced ($/hour) 2025
Alabama $XX $XX $XX $XX
Alaska $XX $XX $XX $XX
Arizona $XX $XX $XX $XX
Arkansas $XX $XX $XX $XX
California $XX $XX $XX $XX
Colorado $XX $XX $XX $XX
Connecticut $XX $XX $XX $XX
Delaware $XX $XX $XX $XX
Florida $XX $XX $XX $XX
Georgia $XX $XX $XX $XX
Hawaii $XX $XX $XX $XX
Idaho $XX $XX $XX $XX
Illinois $XX $XX $XX $XX
Indiana $XX $XX $XX $XX
Iowa $XX $XX $XX $XX
Kansas $XX $XX $XX $XX
Kentucky $XX $XX $XX $XX
Louisiana $XX $XX $XX $XX
Maine $XX $XX $XX $XX
Maryland $XX $XX $XX $XX
Massachusetts $XX $XX $XX $XX
Michigan $XX $XX $XX $XX
Minnesota $XX $XX $XX $XX
Mississippi $XX $XX $XX $XX
Missouri $XX $XX $XX $XX
Montana $XX $XX $XX $XX
Nebraska $XX $XX $XX $XX
Nevada $XX $XX $XX $XX
New Hampshire $XX $XX $XX $XX
New Jersey $XX $XX $XX $XX
New Mexico $XX $XX $XX $XX
New York $XX $XX $XX $XX
North Carolina $XX $XX $XX $XX
North Dakota $XX $XX $XX $XX
Ohio $XX $XX $XX $XX
Oklahoma $XX $XX $XX $XX
Oregon $XX $XX $XX $XX
Pennsylvania $XX $XX $XX $XX
Rhode Island $XX $XX $XX $XX
South Carolina $XX $XX $XX $XX
South Dakota $XX $XX $XX $XX
Tennessee $XX $XX $XX $XX
Texas $XX $XX $XX $XX
Utah $XX $XX $XX $XX
Vermont $XX $XX $XX $XX
Virginia $XX $XX $XX $XX
Washington $XX $XX $XX $XX
West Virginia $XX $XX $XX $XX
Wisconsin $XX $XX $XX $XX
Wyoming $XX $XX $XX $XX

Metropolitan Statistical Area Wage Rates for Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Metropolitan Area Metropolitan Code ($/hour) 2025 Average ($/hour) 2025 Entry Level ($/hour) 2025 Median ($/hour) 2025 Experienced ($/hour) 2025
Auburn-Opelika, AL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Birmingham-Hoover, AL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Decatur, AL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Tuscaloosa, AL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Fort Smith, AR-OK $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Jonesboro, AR $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Bakersfield, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
El Centro, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Fresno, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Hanford-Corcoran, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Modesto, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Santa Rosa, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Stockton-Lodi, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Greeley, CO $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Jacksonville, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
The Villages, FL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Columbus, GA-AL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Dalton, GA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Gainesville, GA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Boise City, ID $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Rockford, IL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Columbus, IN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Elkhart-Goshen, IN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Evansville, IN-KY $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Fort Wayne, IN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Michigan City-La Porte, IN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Terre Haute, IN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Cedar Rapids, IA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Topeka, KS $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Wichita, KS $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Kansas nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Lexington-Fayette, KY $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Baton Rouge, LA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Springfield, MA-CT $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Worcester, MA-CT $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Flint, MI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Lansing-East Lansing, MI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Duluth, MN-WI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Jackson, MS $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Jefferson City, MO $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Joplin, MO $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Kansas City, MO-KS $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
St. Joseph, MO-KS $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
St. Louis, MO-IL $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Lincoln, NE $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Dover-Durham, NH-ME $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Portsmouth, NH-ME $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Trenton, NJ $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Albuquerque, NM $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Elmira, NY $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Kingston, NY $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Rochester, NY $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Syracuse, NY $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Greensboro-High Point, NC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Raleigh, NC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Rocky Mount, NC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Winston-Salem, NC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Akron, OH $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Canton-Massillon, OH $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Cleveland-Elyria, OH $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Columbus, OH $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Dayton, OH $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Lima, OH $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Toledo, OH $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Oklahoma City, OK $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Tulsa, OK $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Bend-Redmond, OR $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Eugene, OR $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Altoona, PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Gettysburg, PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Lancaster, PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Pittsburgh, PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Reading, PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
York-Hanover, PA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Charleston-North Charleston, SC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Spartanburg, SC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Rapid City, SD $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Sioux Falls, SD $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Chattanooga, TN-GA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Clarksville, TN-KY $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Jackson, TN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Knoxville, TN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Memphis, TN-MS-AR $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Morristown, TN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Austin-Round Rock, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
El Paso, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Killeen-Temple, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Longview, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Waco, TX $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Ogden-Clearfield, UT $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Provo-Orem, UT $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Salt Lake City, UT $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Central Utah nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Burlington-South Burlington, VT $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Richmond, VA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Roanoke, VA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Winchester, VA-WV $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Appleton, WI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Green Bay, WI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Madison, WI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Racine, WI $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $XX $XX $XX $XX $XX

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What is the job of Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in the US in 2025?

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders set up, operate, or tend machines, such as glass-forming machines, plodder machines, and tuber machines, to shape and form products such as glassware, food, rubber, soap, brick, tile, clay, wax, tobacco, or cosmetics. Excludes "Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders" (51-6042) and "Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders" (51-9196).

What is the wage or salary of Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in the US?

IBISWorld’s data coverage of Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in the US includes hourly rates for median, entry level, average and experienced workers in the US.

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