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Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · SOC 51-4193

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in the Washington Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area

Figures describe the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Washington city limits.

Median annual wage$47,410
Median hourly wage$22.79

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area earned a median of $47,410 per year ($22.79 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $38,660 at the 10th percentile to $63,440 at the 90th. BLS estimates 50 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in the Washington metro area earn more than $47,410 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $41,890 and $56,570.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$38,660$41,890$47,410$56,570$63,440
Hourly$18.59$20.14$22.79$27.20$30.50

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

  • Washington metro areathis metro area
    $47,410
  • United Statesnational
    $43,960

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

The median here is +8% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$25,990$40,823$55,657$70,490Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $25,990Chattanooga, TN-GA — $27,520Lexington-Fayette, KY — $28,380Kenosha, WI — $28,990Birmingham, AL — $33,430Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $35,110Niles, MI — $35,290Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $35,620Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $35,770Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $36,330St. Louis, MO-IL — $36,380Syracuse, NY — $36,720Erie, PA — $36,870Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $36,900Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $36,960Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $37,090Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $37,160Ann Arbor, MI — $37,450Reno, NV — $37,460Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $37,820Rockford, IL — $37,840Jackson, TN — $38,220Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $38,240Columbus, IN — $38,280Fresno, CA — $38,380Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $38,740Wichita, KS — $38,770Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $38,830Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $38,880Green Bay, WI — $39,010Battle Creek, MI — $39,070Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $39,190Fort Wayne, IN — $39,210Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $39,230Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $39,420Knoxville, TN — $39,440Huntsville, AL — $39,480Tucson, AZ — $39,520Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $39,820Greensboro-High Point, NC — $40,040Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $40,040San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $41,010Jackson, MI — $41,190Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $41,610Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $41,870Monroe, MI — $42,240Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $42,280York-Hanover, PA — $42,290Appleton, WI — $42,340Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $42,900Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $42,990Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $43,020Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $43,110Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $43,250Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $43,840Rochester, NY — $44,540Pittsburgh, PA — $44,590Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $44,600Akron, OH — $44,630Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $44,840New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $44,880Tulsa, OK — $44,970Springfield, MA — $45,000Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $45,050Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $45,300Youngstown-Warren, OH — $45,480Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $45,520Kansas City, MO-KS — $45,540Utica-Rome, NY — $45,650Portland-South Portland, ME — $45,720Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $46,120Stockton-Lodi, CA — $46,120San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $46,130Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $46,420Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $46,630Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $46,760Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $46,790Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $47,200Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $47,310Spartanburg, SC — $47,310Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $47,410Cleveland, OH — $47,440Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $47,630Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $47,740Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $47,930Lincoln, NE — $48,040Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $48,250Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $48,360Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $48,610Columbus, OH — $48,610Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $48,690South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $48,810New Haven, CT — $49,100Lancaster, PA — $50,080Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $50,520San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $50,870San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $53,680Reading, PA — $55,230Jacksonville, FL — $56,350Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $58,400Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $59,720Omaha, NE-IA — $61,880Oklahoma City, OK — $65,040Ogden, UT — $70,490

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 Washington metro area has the 24th-highest published median for this occupation among the 104 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:

Bakers$38,650First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$77,990Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$36,300Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$46,400Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$61,820Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$60,670

Highest-paying metro areas for plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastics · Highest-paying occupations in Washington 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.