Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers Salary in the US

What a extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers earns in the US

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers (SOC 51-6091) earns a median annual wage of $46,350 and a mean (average) of $48,580. The median is the midpoint — half of extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers earn more and half earn less — and is 9% 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 extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers in the US?

The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers is $46,350, and the mean (average) is $48,580. The median is the midpoint — half of extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers earn more and half earn less.

How does extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers pay compare to the US average?

At $46,350, a extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers earns 9% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.

How many extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers are employed in the US?

BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 12,850 extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers employed nationally (SOC 51-6091), across all industries.

Where does this extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers 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 51-6091. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.