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Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in California

SOC 51-4034 · State · 2024 BLS OEWS

The median salary for a Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in California is $47,660 per year as of 2024. That works out to roughly $22.91 per hour. This is 2% below the national median of $48,620. 2,330 people work as Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastics in California. Wages have grown 32% since 2014, when the median was $36,000.

Median Annual Salary

$47,660

Mean Annual

$51,980

Median Hourly

$22.91

Total Employed

2,330

Location Quotient

1.05

Average concentration

Salary Distribution

$38k
10th
$43k
25th
$48k
Median
$60k
75th
$73k
90th

How This Compares

California

$47,660

this metro

United States

$48,620

you earn -2% vs US

Salary Trend

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Year Median Annual
2024 $47,660
2023 $48,530
2022 $49,290
2021 $47,730
2020 $45,740
2019 $43,860
2018 $38,260
2017 $34,470
2016 $35,330
2015 $35,060
2014 $36,000

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