Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in Virginia

Q: How does Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay in Virginia compare to the national average?

Virginia Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salaries are 1% above the US national median of $45,590 per year.

SOC 51-4031 · State · 2024 BLS OEWS

The median salary for a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Virginia is $45,850 per year as of 2024. That works out to roughly $22.04 per hour. This is 1% above the national median of $45,590. 2,090 people work as Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastics in Virginia. Wages have grown 21% since 2019, when the median was $37,930.

Median Annual Salary

$45,850

Mean Annual

$45,460

Median Hourly

$22.04

Total Employed

2,090

Salary Distribution

$35k

10th

$39k

25th

$46k

Median

$49k

75th

$56k

90th

How This Compares

Virginia

$45,850

this metro

United States

$45,590

you earn +1% vs US

Salary Trend

View data table

Year	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Employment
2024	$45,850	$45,460	2,090
2023	$44,110	$43,280	2,400
2022	$40,780	$42,550	1,530
2021	$38,370	$41,030	1,530
2020	$37,560	$39,820	1,770
2019	$37,930	$41,850	1,890

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