Occupational employment / Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 340 $14.14 $29,400
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 11,380 $14.59 $30,340
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 10,180 $13.07 $27,190
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 9,590 $14.63 $30,430
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 7,700 $16.89 $35,130
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 7,130 $12.99 $27,030
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 5,840 $13.47 $28,020
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 5,180 $12.36 $25,710
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 5,020 $15.53 $32,310
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 4,380 $13.99 $29,100
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 4,140 $13.43 $27,940
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 4,000 $15.78 $32,820
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 3,660 $16.48 $34,280
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 3,460 $12.08 $25,120
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 3,230 $15.49 $32,230
Pittsburgh, PA 3,100 $14.72 $30,620
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 3,050 $13.26 $27,580
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 2,900 $18.00 $37,430
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 2,880 $13.45 $27,990
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 2,860 $13.17 $27,400
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 2,840 $15.48 $32,210
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 2,670 $19.45 $40,450
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 2,600 $14.04 $29,190
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 2,600 $13.25 $27,560
St. Louis, MO-IL 2,450 $13.75 $28,600
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 2,290 $12.73 $26,470
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 2,150 $15.59 $32,430
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 2,140 $16.84 $35,040
Columbus, OH 2,080 $13.53 $28,150
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 1,970 $14.19 $29,510
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 1,830 $11.93 $24,810
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 1,810 $14.55 $30,250
Kansas City, MO-KS 1,750 $16.71 $34,760
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 1,720 $12.93 $26,880
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 1,690 $12.66 $26,330
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 1,610 $14.23 $29,590
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 1,590 $14.41 $29,980
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1,570 $17.42 $36,230
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 1,560 $16.96 $35,280
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 1,520 $13.83 $28,760
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 1,480 $13.42 $27,910
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 1,420 $12.21 $25,400
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 1,410 $14.34 $29,830
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 1,300 $17.52 $36,450
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 1,280 $13.46 $28,000
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 1,260 $13.50 $28,070
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 1,240 $12.29 $25,560
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 1,230 $14.04 $29,200
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1,190 $13.27 $27,600
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 1,190 $15.75 $32,770
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 1,180 $14.99 $31,170
Tulsa, OK 1,180 $13.18 $27,410
Greensboro-High Point, NC 1,170 $14.50 $30,160
Baltimore-Towson, MD 1,150 $17.72 $36,850
Akron, OH 1,100 $15.38 $31,980
Rockford, IL 1,070 $14.21 $29,550
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 1,070 $13.71 $28,510
Evansville, IN-KY 1,070 $13.32 $27,710
Toledo, OH 1,060 $16.27 $33,830
Dayton, OH 1,040 $13.60 $28,290
Denver-Aurora, CO 1,010 $13.61 $28,310
Lexington-Fayette, KY 1,000 $14.17 $29,470
Canton-Massillon, OH 1,000 $13.69 $28,470
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 1,000 $13.99 $29,090
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 980 $15.90 $33,070
York-Hanover, PA 970 $15.20 $31,620
Oklahoma City, OK 940 $12.26 $25,490
Greenville, SC 920 $13.54 $28,170
Rochester, NY 890 $13.79 $28,690
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 860 $12.76 $26,550
Fort Wayne, IN 840 $13.99 $29,100
Wichita, KS 790 $15.28 $31,790
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 770 $12.84 $26,700
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 760 $9.44 $19,630
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 760 $18.58 $38,650
Mansfield, OH 750 $18.86 $39,220
Waterbury, CT 730 $14.56 $30,280
New Haven, CT 710 $15.60 $32,450
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 690 $14.80 $30,770
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 690 $12.39 $25,770
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 670 $15.67 $32,590
Knoxville, TN 670 $13.72 $28,540
Morristown, TN 670 $16.36 $34,020
Reading, PA 670 $15.59 $32,430
Raleigh-Cary, NC 650 $12.92 $26,870
Columbia, SC 650 $13.77 $28,630
Erie, PA 650 $11.21 $23,320
Austin-Round Rock, TX 640 $12.13 $25,230
Huntsville, AL 630 $13.91 $28,930
Richmond, VA 630 $15.35 $31,920
El Paso, TX 610 $9.45 $19,650
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 600 $11.32 $23,540
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 600 $14.47 $30,100
Chattanooga, TN-GA 580 $13.80 $28,710
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 570 $11.53 $23,980
Syracuse, NY 570 $14.61 $30,390
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 570 $14.70 $30,570
Spokane, WA 570 $13.59 $28,280
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 570 $13.41 $27,890
Lancaster, PA 550 $15.81 $32,890
San Antonio, TX 530 $12.55 $26,110
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 520 $14.23 $29,590
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 510 $16.53 $34,390
Fort Smith, AR-OK 510 $12.00 $24,950
Springfield, OH 510 $13.03 $27,100
Columbus, IN 500 $12.45 $25,900
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 480 $13.69 $28,470
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 480 $15.94 $33,150
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 470 $14.38 $29,910
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 460 $15.14 $31,500
Sheboygan, WI 460 $15.52 $32,280
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 450 $11.78 $24,490
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 440 $14.77 $30,710
Ann Arbor, MI 430 $18.00 $37,450
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 420 $12.44 $25,880
Terre Haute, IN 410 $15.27 $31,750
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 400 $15.27 $31,750
Madison, WI 400 $14.71 $30,600
Montgomery, AL 390 $14.73 $30,640
Jacksonville, FL 390 $14.54 $30,240
Worcester, MA-CT 390 $16.18 $33,650
Springfield, MO 390 $13.67 $28,440
Auburn-Opelika, AL 380 $10.35 $21,520
Appleton, WI 360 $15.23 $31,670
Winston-Salem, NC 360 $14.34 $29,830
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 360 $16.54 $34,400
Spartanburg, SC 350 $14.36 $29,870
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 350 $12.46 $25,910
Stockton, CA 340 $14.00 $29,110
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 340 $12.74 $26,510
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 330 $15.53 $32,310
Jackson, MS 330 $12.70 $26,420
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 320 $11.95 $24,850
Sioux Falls, SD 310 $13.99 $29,100
Salt Lake City, UT 310 $13.81 $28,730
Asheville, NC 310 $13.09 $27,220
Springfield, MA-CT 300 $14.71 $30,610
Fond du Lac, WI 300 $17.98 $37,390
Jackson, TN 300 $14.02 $29,160
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 300 $11.97 $24,900
Janesville, WI 300 $14.47 $30,100
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 290 $13.74 $28,580
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 290 $14.11 $29,340
Racine, WI 290 $14.28 $29,710
Bowling Green, KY 290 $10.78 $22,420
St. Joseph, MO-KS 290 $15.71 $32,670
Lincoln, NE 290 $14.95 $31,090
Pine Bluff, AR 290 $12.94 $26,920
Peoria, IL 280 $14.23 $29,610
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 280 $13.31 $27,680
Rocky Mount, NC 270 $11.14 $23,160
Dalton, GA 270 $14.04 $29,210
Modesto, CA 270 $15.75 $32,750
Owensboro, KY 270 $13.54 $28,160
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 270 $16.93 $35,210
Roanoke, VA 270 $13.42 $27,910
Provo-Orem, UT 270 $13.57 $28,230
Sumter, SC 270 $15.20 $31,620
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 260 $13.20 $27,460
Tucson, AZ 260 $13.74 $28,580
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 260 $12.30 $25,570
Danville, IL 260 $15.27 $31,760
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 260 $13.06 $27,160
Johnson City, TN 250 $10.93 $22,740
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 250 $12.92 $26,860
Decatur, AL 250 $12.84 $26,710
Goldsboro, NC 250 $9.76 $20,300
Waco, TX 230 $14.00 $29,110
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 230 $16.89 $35,120
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 220 $13.79 $28,670
Fresno, CA 220 $13.46 $27,990
Anniston-Oxford, AL 220 $13.35 $27,770
Battle Creek, MI 220 $16.63 $34,590
Utica-Rome, NY 220 $13.67 $28,440
Elizabethtown, KY 210 $15.75 $32,750
Joplin, MO 210 $12.52 $26,040
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 210 $13.34 $27,740
Fargo, ND-MN 210 $13.75 $28,610
Ocala, FL 200 $12.74 $26,490
Eugene-Springfield, OR 200 $12.90 $26,840
Monroe, MI 200 $19.64 $40,840
Wausau, WI 200 $14.41 $29,970
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 200 $15.71 $32,670
Dothan, AL 200 $12.45 $25,900
Cedar Rapids, IA 190 $15.23 $31,690
Green Bay, WI 190 $15.59 $32,430
Binghamton, NY 190 $11.78 $24,490
Longview, TX 190 $12.13 $25,220
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 180 $16.31 $33,920
Jackson, MI 180 $14.56 $30,280
Anderson, SC 180 $12.70 $26,420
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 180 $14.65 $30,470
La Crosse, WI-MN 180 $12.09 $25,150
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 170 $15.51 $32,260
Jonesboro, AR 170 $12.40 $25,790
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 170 $16.42 $34,160
Athens-Clarke County, GA 170 $13.52 $28,120
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 170 $15.06 $31,320
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 170 $17.66 $36,730
Reno-Sparks, NV 170 $14.09 $29,320
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 170 $13.94 $28,990
Clarksville, TN-KY 160 $12.41 $25,820
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 160 $16.05 $33,380
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 160 $14.23 $29,610
Charleston, WV 160 $12.89 $26,820
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 160 $9.13 $18,990
Flint, MI 160 $16.23 $33,760
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 150 $12.60 $26,220
Gainesville, GA 140 $12.94 $26,910
Lakeland, FL 140 $12.82 $26,660
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 140 $15.48 $32,200
Boise City-Nampa, ID 140 $12.53 $26,060
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 140 $13.22 $27,500
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 140 $13.41 $27,890
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 130 $14.95 $31,090
Rome, GA 130 $11.13 $23,150
Dubuque, IA 130 $13.53 $28,150
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 130 $14.47 $30,090
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 130 $8.87 $18,440
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 130 $16.63 $34,590
Sherman-Denison, TX 120 $11.66 $24,250
Columbus, GA-AL 120 $12.31 $25,590
Lima, OH 120 $14.08 $29,290
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 120 $14.80 $30,790
Greeley, CO 120 $15.07 $31,340
Johnstown, PA 120 $13.58 $28,240
Salem, OR 120 $14.35 $29,860
Colorado Springs, CO 120 $12.09 $25,150
Lafayette, LA 120 $14.13 $29,390
Las Cruces, NM 120 $12.67 $26,340
Mobile, AL 120 $15.55 $32,350
Duluth, MN-WI 120 $13.84 $28,780
Burlington, NC 120 $11.49 $23,910
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 110 $14.26 $29,660
Sandusky, OH 110 $17.52 $36,430
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 110 $15.82 $32,910
Lynchburg, VA 110 $12.26 $25,490
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 100 $13.89 $28,890
Kankakee-Bradley, IL 100 $13.39 $27,860
Bloomington-Normal, IL 100 $12.69 $26,400
Florence, SC 100 $13.61 $28,320
Winchester, VA-WV 100 $12.93 $26,890
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 100 $12.88 $26,790
Cleveland, TN 100 $12.79 $26,600
Visalia-Porterville, CA 100 $13.43 $27,940
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 100 $12.67 $26,360
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 90 $18.19 $37,840
Wilmington, NC 90 $11.67 $24,270
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 90 $13.49 $28,050
Coeur d'Alene, ID 90 $13.85 $28,800
Elmira, NY 90 $12.54 $26,090
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 90 $12.83 $26,690
Greenville, NC 90 $13.60 $28,280
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 80 $17.98 $37,390
Atlantic City, NJ 80 $11.60 $24,120
Yakima, WA 80 $14.08 $29,290
Lawrence, KS 80 $14.03 $29,180
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 80 $16.99 $35,330
Boulder, CO 80 $14.24 $29,610
Topeka, KS 80 $13.52 $28,120
Midland, TX 80 $10.37 $21,570
Logan, UT-ID 70 $13.53 $28,140
Bakersfield, CA 70 $15.46 $32,150
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 70 $13.99 $29,090
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 70 $16.90 $35,160
Danbury, CT 70 $18.42 $38,320
Manchester, NH 70 $11.84 $24,630
Eau Claire, WI 70 $14.10 $29,320
Carson City, NV 70 $12.83 $26,680
Madera, CA 70 $14.67 $30,500
Bangor, ME 70 $11.55 $24,010
Anderson, IN 70 $11.70 $24,330
Bellingham, WA 60 $14.99 $31,190
Baton Rouge, LA 60 $14.20 $29,530
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 60 $14.82 $30,830
Bend, OR 60 $14.54 $30,250
Kingston, NY 60 $14.46 $30,070
Albuquerque, NM 60 $14.05 $29,220
Grand Junction, CO 60 $12.00 $24,950
San Angelo, TX 50 $12.75 $26,510
Wichita Falls, TX 50 $12.28 $25,540
Farmington, NM 50 $13.36 $27,780
Monroe, LA 50 $13.25 $27,560
Macon, GA 50 $13.13 $27,310
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 50 $13.74 $28,580
Champaign-Urbana, IL 50 $15.69 $32,630
Altoona, PA 40 $15.15 $31,510
College Station-Bryan, TX 40 $10.87 $22,610
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 40 $13.28 $27,610
Grand Forks, ND-MN 40 $12.63 $26,260
Charlottesville, VA 40 $13.06 $27,160
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division 40 $16.19 $33,680
New Bedford, MA 40 $11.84 $24,630
Glens Falls, NY 40 $14.80 $30,780
Lubbock, TX 40 $10.59 $22,020
Medford, OR 40 $14.66 $30,480
Napa, CA 40 $12.39 $25,770
Casper, WY 30 $15.03 $31,260
Pocatello, ID Not available $13.70 $28,500
Ogden-Clearfield, UT Not available $15.20 $31,630
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Not available $13.14 $27,320
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA Not available $14.00 $29,110
Odessa, TX Not available $13.40 $27,880
Tuscaloosa, AL Not available $12.02 $24,990
Gadsden, AL Not available $9.99 $20,770
Corpus Christi, TX Not available $12.10 $25,160
Williamsport, PA Not available $11.03 $22,930
Muncie, IN Not available $15.09 $31,390
Abilene, TX Not available $12.32 $25,630
Lake Charles, LA Not available $13.24 $27,530
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA Not available $15.54 $32,330
Peabody, MA NECTA Division Not available $20.76 $43,170
Tyler, TX Not available $14.58 $30,320
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division Not available $18.11 $37,670
Salisbury, MD Not available $12.93 $26,890
St. Cloud, MN Not available $15.80 $32,860
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Not available $13.83 $28,760
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, PR Not available $7.63 $15,880
Decatur, IL Not available $14.28 $29,710
Dover, DE Not available $18.99 $39,510
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