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Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
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The spread
How pay for this job is spread here: higher means more people earn around that amount, and the darker middle is the middle half of earners. The dots are BLS's published 10th, 25th, median, 75th and 90th percentiles; the curve between them is our smooth estimate. Hover or tap a dot for its figure.
This job is more common here than nationally: 0.1 in every 1,000 jobs (location quotient 1.16).
Where this job pays most
Median an hour by state, from lower to higher pay as in the key below. Hover or tap a state for its figure. Living costs differ too, so a higher wage is not always more to spend.
- AL, Alabama, median $22.58
- AK, Alaska, not published
- AZ, Arizona, median $23.43
- AR, Arkansas, median $18.33
- CA, California, median $28.49
- CO, Colorado, median $27.87
- CT, Connecticut, median $21.69
- DE, Delaware, not published
- DC, District of Columbia, not published
- FL, Florida, median $19.46
- GA, Georgia, median $22.35
- HI, Hawaii, not published
- ID, Idaho, not published
- IL, Illinois, median $23.92
- IN, Indiana, median $25.75
- IA, Iowa, median $22.60
- KS, Kansas, median $24.58
- KY, Kentucky, median $17.36
- LA, Louisiana, not published
- ME, Maine, not published
- MD, Maryland, median $24.00
- MA, Massachusetts, median $24.89
- MI, Michigan, median $29.63
- MN, Minnesota, not published
- MS, Mississippi, median $19.02
- MO, Missouri, median $26.54
- MT, Montana, not published
- NE, Nebraska, median $29.07
- NV, Nevada, median $21.66
- NH, New Hampshire, not published
- NJ, New Jersey, median $17.13
- NM, New Mexico, not published
- NY, New York, median $27.09
- NC, North Carolina, not published
- ND, North Dakota, not published
- OH, Ohio, median $27.34
- OK, Oklahoma, median $29.68
- OR, Oregon, median $33.27
- PA, Pennsylvania, median $24.18
- RI, Rhode Island, not published
- SC, South Carolina, median $23.85
- SD, South Dakota, not published
- TN, Tennessee, median $21.06
- TX, Texas, median $17.98
- UT, Utah, not published
- VT, Vermont, not published
- VA, Virginia, median $26.07
- WA, Washington, not published
- WV, West Virginia, median $17.97
- WI, Wisconsin, median $29.00
- WY, Wyoming, not published
- PR, Puerto Rico, not published
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Across Pennsylvania
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