Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in the US
A drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic earns a national median of $49,080 a year (mean $51,810) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #572 of 825.
How much does a drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic earn in the US?
A drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in the United States earns a median of $49,080 a year (mean $51,810), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 4% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 4,680 people work in this occupation (SOC 51-4032), ranked #572 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$49,080
per year
Mean
$51,810
per year
Employment
4,680
US workers
National rank
#572
of 825 by median
What a drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic (SOC 51-4032) earns a median annual wage of $49,080 and a mean (average) of $51,810. The median is the midpoint — half of drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic earn more and half earn less — and is 4% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic is $49,080, and the mean (average) is $51,810. The median is the midpoint — half of drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic earn more and half earn less.
- How does drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic pay compare to the US average?
- At $49,080, a drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic earns 4% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 4,680 drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic employed nationally (SOC 51-4032), across all industries.
- Where does this drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 51-4032. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 51-4032 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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