Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
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Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators and Tenders, Metal And Plastic
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators and Tenders, Metal And Plastic set up, operate, or tend drilling machines to drill, bore, ream, mill, or countersink metal or plastic work pieces.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators and Tenders, Metal and Plastic with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $27,300 to $32,310 per year or $13 to $16 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators and Tenders, Metal and Plastic to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
| Level | Hourly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| Highest (Top 10%) | $30 | $63,320 |
| Senior (Top 25%) | $25 | $51,050 |
| Middle (Mid 50%) | $19 | $39,780 |
| Junior (Bottom 25%) | $16 | $32,310 |
| No experience (Bottom 10%) | $13 | $27,300 |
Highest paying states
| State | Hourly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| OR | $25 | $52,490 |
| IA | $24 | $50,310 |
| AL | $24 | $49,410 |
| MA | $23 | $47,690 |
| CT | $23 | $47,290 |
| SC | $22 | $45,560 |
| WI | $22 | $45,500 |
| MI | $21 | $44,590 |
| OK | $21 | $44,390 |
| OH | $21 | $44,340 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setter, Operator and Tender, Metal and Plastic is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like OR doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at OR might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid CNC Drilling Operators are in the states of OR, IA, AL, MA and CT.
Highest paying industries
| Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing | $66130 | $31.79 |
| Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers | $60040 | $28.87 |
| Ship and Boat Building | $57200 | $27.50 |
| Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing | $56960 | $27.39 |
| Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services | $52460 | $25.22 |
| Other Specialty Trade Contractors | $47460 | $22.82 |
| Machinery Manufacturing | $46450 | $22.33 |
| Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing | $45140 | $21.70 |
| Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities | $44400 | $21.34 |
| Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing | $42910 | $20.63 |
| Foundries | $42890 | $20.62 |
| Support Activities for Mining | $42690 | $20.52 |
| Steel Product Manufacturing from Purchased Steel | $42640 | $20.50 |
| Building Equipment Contractors | $42400 | $20.38 |
| Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing | $42270 | $20.32 |
| Utility System Construction | $40220 | $19.34 |
| Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing | $40220 | $19.34 |
| Electrical Equipment Manufacturing | $40000 | $19.23 |
| Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing | $39770 | $19.12 |
| Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing | $39330 | $18.91 |
| Employment Services | $38490 | $18.51 |
| Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing | $37750 | $18.15 |
| Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing | $36810 | $17.70 |
| Plastics Product Manufacturing | $35720 | $17.18 |
| Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing | $35690 | $17.16 |
| Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing | $35550 | $17.09 |
| Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing | $33440 | $16.08 |
| Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing | $32190 | $15.48 |
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