Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
Plating Machine Operators
Plating Machine Operators set up, operate, or tend plating machines to coat metal or plastic products with chromium, zinc, copper, cadmium, nickel, or other metal to protect or decorate surfaces. Typically, the product being coated is immersed in molten metal or an electrolytic solution.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operators and Tenders, Metal and Plastic with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $25,530 to $29,040 per year or $12 to $14 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 Plating and Coating Machine 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%) | $25 | $52,140 |
Senior (Top 25%) | $20 | $42,240 |
Middle (Mid 50%) | $17 | $34,850 |
Junior (Bottom 25%) | $14 | $29,040 |
No experience (Bottom 10%) | $12 | $25,530 |
Highest paying states
State | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
GA | $23 | $46,790 |
CT | $21 | $43,710 |
WA | $20 | $42,220 |
WV | $20 | $41,800 |
ID | $20 | $41,720 |
NH | $20 | $40,710 |
MD | $19 | $40,510 |
MS | $19 | $40,480 |
NV | $19 | $40,480 |
IA | $19 | $40,250 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Plating and Coating Machine Setter, Operator and Tender, Metal and Plastic is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like GA doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at GA might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Plating Machine Operators are in the states of GA, CT, WA, WV and ID.
Highest paying industries
Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
---|---|---|
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing | $61050 | $29.35 |
Federal Executive Branch | $56360 | $27.10 |
Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers | $46390 | $22.30 |
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services | $44040 | $21.17 |
Foundries | $43910 | $21.11 |
Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing | $43590 | $20.96 |
Support Activities for Air Transportation | $42730 | $20.54 |
Machinery Manufacturing | $41650 | $20.02 |
Nonferrous Metal Production and Processing | $41330 | $19.87 |
Communications Equipment Manufacturing | $41110 | $19.76 |
Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing | $40750 | $19.59 |
Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing | $40640 | $19.54 |
Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing | $39910 | $19.19 |
Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing | $38680 | $18.60 |
Steel Product Manufacturing from Purchased Steel | $38610 | $18.56 |
Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing | $38100 | $18.32 |
Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing | $37870 | $18.21 |
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing | $37750 | $18.15 |
Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing | $37400 | $17.98 |
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods | $37310 | $17.94 |
Rubber Product Manufacturing | $36910 | $17.74 |
Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing | $36690 | $17.64 |
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing | $36420 | $17.51 |
Plastics Product Manufacturing | $35890 | $17.26 |
Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities | $35370 | $17.01 |
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing | $35250 | $16.95 |
Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance | $35040 | $16.84 |
Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing | $34600 | $16.64 |
Electrical Equipment Manufacturing | $34600 | $16.64 |
Alumina and Aluminum Production and Processing | $34480 | $16.58 |