Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other · SOC 51-4199

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Others

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for metal workers and plastic workers, all other. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 72 metro areas

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	$83,870	40	0.2
2	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$74,050	50	0.1
3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$65,760	300	0.1
4	Corpus Christi, TX	$62,520	50	0.2
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$60,430	160	0.1
6	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$57,140	330	0.3
7	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$54,890	160	0.1
8	Albany, OR	$54,020	60	1.4
9	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$53,930	70	0.1
10	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$53,090	220	0.1
11	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	$52,880	140	0.5
12	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$52,180	Not published	Not published
13	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$51,690	90	0.1
14	Spartanburg, SC	$51,500	80	0.5
15	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$51,030	170	0.1
16	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$50,650	160	0.1
17	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$50,070	330	0.1
18	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$50,050	180	0.1
19	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$50,000	50	0.1
20	Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	$49,720	110	0.5
21	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$49,630	60	0.0
22	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$49,570	120	0.0
23	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$49,210	30	0.2
24	Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$49,120	80	0.2
25	St. Louis, MO-IL	$48,920	150	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.