Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · SOC 51-4022
Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in the New Jersey
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025New Jersey
Figures describe the state of New Jersey as a whole.
Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in the New Jersey earned a median of $35,630 per year ($17.13 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $34,840 at the 10th percentile to $72,760 at the 90th.
Pay distribution
Half of Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in the New Jersey earn more than $35,630 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $35,630 and $39,210.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $34,840 | $35,630 | $35,630 | $39,210 | $72,760 |
| Hourly | $16.75 | $17.13 | $17.13 | $18.85 | $34.98 |
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
- New Jersey$35,630 median for New Jersey; middle half earns $35,630 to $39,210
- United Statesnational$49,030 median for United States; middle half earns $42,440 to $60,130
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −27% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
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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.