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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · SOC 51-4081

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in the Trenton Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Trenton-Princeton, NJ metro area

Figures describe the Trenton-Princeton, NJ metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Trenton city limits.

Median annual wage$37,700
Median hourly wage$18.13

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ metro area earned a median of $37,700 per year ($18.13 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $32,220 at the 10th percentile to $57,380 at the 90th. BLS estimates 150 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in the Trenton metro area earn more than $37,700 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $37,700 and $44,640.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$32,220$37,700$37,700$44,640$57,380
Hourly$15.49$18.13$18.13$21.46$27.59

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.

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How this area compares

  • Trenton metro areathis metro area
    $37,700
  • New Jerseystate (NJ)
    $41,390
  • United Statesnational
    $47,180

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −9% vs New Jersey overall and −20% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$23,360$42,277$61,193$80,110San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $23,360El Paso, TX — $28,970Auburn-Opelika, AL — $33,010Hattiesburg, MS — $34,790Sumter, SC — $34,790Rome, GA — $35,410Greenville, NC — $35,790Tucson, AZ — $36,180Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $36,910Longview, TX — $37,540Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $37,640Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $37,700Jackson, MS — $37,920Columbia, SC — $38,040Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $38,370Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $38,710Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $38,840Chattanooga, TN-GA — $38,960Gainesville, GA — $39,110Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $39,220San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $39,340Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $39,400Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $39,510Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $39,520Florence, SC — $39,550Akron, OH — $39,720Toledo, OH — $39,780Savannah, GA — $39,850Niles, MI — $40,100Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $40,140Rocky Mount, NC — $40,320Flint, MI — $40,490Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $40,630Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $40,780Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $40,970Canton-Massillon, OH — $41,070North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $41,200Kenosha, WI — $41,240Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $41,600Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $41,830Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $42,050Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $42,180Joplin, MO-KS — $42,230Morgantown, WV — $42,240Janesville-Beloit, WI — $42,650Stockton-Lodi, CA — $42,720Jackson, MI — $42,920Ogden, UT — $43,010Muncie, IN — $43,050Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $43,050Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $43,240Fort Wayne, IN — $43,300Fresno, CA — $43,320Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $43,370Bend, OR — $43,460Logan, UT-ID — $43,640Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $43,700Springfield, MO — $43,760Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $43,880Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $43,900Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $43,960Montgomery, AL — $43,960Eau Claire, WI — $44,030Spartanburg, SC — $44,260Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $44,310Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $44,430Winston-Salem, NC — $44,550Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $44,580Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $44,630Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $44,660Oklahoma City, OK — $44,710Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $44,710Glens Falls, NY — $44,830Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $44,850Erie, PA — $44,890Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $44,920Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $45,030Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $45,160Burlington, NC — $45,310New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $45,350Rockford, IL — $45,380Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $45,390Springfield, MA — $45,470Waco, TX — $45,470Tulsa, OK — $45,520Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $45,600Asheville, NC — $45,720Pittsburgh, PA — $45,770Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $45,820Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $45,890Omaha, NE-IA — $45,990Jacksonville, FL — $46,010Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $46,070Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $46,230Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $46,360Rochester, MN — $46,450Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $46,450Lancaster, PA — $46,470Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $46,490South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $46,560Columbus, OH — $46,580Battle Creek, MI — $46,600Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $46,810Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $46,970Syracuse, NY — $46,970Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $47,000Williamsport, PA — $47,060Manchester-Nashua, NH — $47,070Monroe, LA — $47,210Evansville, IN — $47,260Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $47,260Columbus, IN — $47,320Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $47,470San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $47,520New Haven, CT — $47,560Mansfield, OH — $47,600Kansas City, MO-KS — $47,680Fargo, ND-MN — $47,760Baton Rouge, LA — $47,780Jackson, TN — $47,840Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $47,900San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $47,910Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $47,940Monroe, MI — $47,940Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $48,000Portland-South Portland, ME — $48,050Dothan, AL — $48,160Madison, WI — $48,170Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $48,180Columbia, MO — $48,310Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $48,520Raleigh-Cary, NC — $48,520Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $48,620Binghamton, NY — $48,700Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $48,700Lexington-Fayette, KY — $48,740Tuscaloosa, AL — $48,770Lynchburg, VA — $48,810Mobile, AL — $48,850Youngstown-Warren, OH — $48,850Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $48,880York-Hanover, PA — $49,000Cleveland, OH — $49,070Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $49,080Sheboygan, WI — $49,120Bloomington, IN — $49,130Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $49,150Dubuque, IA — $49,180Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $49,180Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $49,260Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $49,280New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $49,360Sandusky, OH — $49,550Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $49,610Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $49,640Ames, IA — $49,670Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $49,680Richmond, VA — $49,780Wausau, WI — $49,890Johnstown, PA — $49,920Appleton, WI — $49,990Peoria, IL — $49,990Worcester, MA — $50,050Reading, PA — $50,390Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $50,400Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $50,450Birmingham, AL — $50,510St. Joseph, MO-KS — $50,560Grand Island, NE — $50,960Utica-Rome, NY — $51,080Elmira, NY — $51,170Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $51,210Decatur, AL — $51,810Lafayette, LA — $51,830Chambersburg, PA — $51,840Boise City, ID — $52,070Altoona, PA — $52,080Lincoln, NE — $52,340Greensboro-High Point, NC — $52,380Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $52,530St. George, UT — $52,810Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $53,860Cedar Rapids, IA — $53,940Terre Haute, IN — $54,050Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $54,390Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $54,980Roanoke, VA — $55,300Rochester, NY — $55,700Ann Arbor, MI — $61,320St. Louis, MO-IL — $62,090Athens-Clarke County, GA — $62,600Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $63,060Saginaw, MI — $65,610Charleston, WV — $71,470Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $80,110

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Trenton metro area has the 184th-highest published median for this occupation among the 195 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$36,000Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$48,990First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$78,240Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$39,320Bakers$37,770Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$47,490

Highest-paying metro areas for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastics · Highest-paying occupations in Trenton Metro

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.