Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers · SOC 51-6091
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers Salary in the Tennessee
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Tennessee
Figures describe the state of Tennessee as a whole.
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers in the Tennessee earned a median of $46,200 per year ($22.21 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $37,170 at the 10th percentile to $73,720 at the 90th. BLS estimates 320 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers in the Tennessee earn more than $46,200 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $40,730 and $71,610.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $37,170 | $40,730 | $46,200 | $71,610 | $73,720 |
| Hourly | $17.87 | $19.58 | $22.21 | $34.43 | $35.44 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Tennessee$46,200 median for Tennessee; middle half earns $40,730 to $71,610
- United Statesnational$46,350 median for United States; middle half earns $39,360 to $57,280
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is about the same vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Tennessee
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Tennesseethis page$46,200 median for Tennessee; middle half earns $40,730 to $71,610
- $71,610 median for Kingsport metro area; middle half earns $52,380 to $71,610
- $48,900 median for Chattanooga metro area; middle half earns $39,010 to $51,540
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
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Highest-paying metro areas for extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fiberss · Highest-paying occupations in Tennessee
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
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.