SOC 51-6091 · Dalton, GA metro

Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers Salary in Dalton, GA

The average salary for extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers in Dalton, Georgia is $44,030 a year ($21.17 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $45,610: half of the 860 people in this job in the Dalton, GA metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is 8% less than the U.S. metro average for this job ($48,013).

$44,030average per year

$21.17 / hourMedian $45,610Take-home ≈ $36,110

  • $40K10th
  • $42K25th
  • $46KMedian
  • $46K75th
  • $48K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers

860people in this job
-8%vs U.S. metro average
#3 of 5Georgia metros
90cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers pay range in Dalton

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $40,260 a year or less, while the top 10% make $48,400 or more. The middle half of extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers in Dalton earn between $41,500 and $46,350.

  • $40K10th
  • $42K25th
  • $46KMedian
  • $46K75th
  • $48K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$44,030$3,669$21.17
Median$45,610$3,801$21.93
Entry level (25th percentile)$41,500$3,458$19.95
Experienced (75th percentile)$46,350$3,862$22.28

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers salary after taxes in Dalton

On the average salary of $44,030, a single filer in Dalton takes home about $36,110 a year, or $3,009 a month and $1,389 every two weeks. Taxes take 18% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

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Is Dalton a good place for extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Dalton area are 10% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 89.8), so the average $44,030 buys what about $49,007 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Dalton ($42,210). A typical home costs $250,372, or 5.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers salary in other Georgia cities

Dalton ranks 3rd of 5 Georgia metro areas for this job; Atlanta pays the most ($54,250).

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Minneapolis, MN pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($63,360).

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Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers salary in Dalton: questions

How much do extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers make an hour in Dalton?

$21.17 an hour on average, and $21.93 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

What is the entry-level extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers salary in Dalton?

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $40,260 a year and the 25th percentile is $41,500, a fair guide to starting pay.

What is the extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers take-home pay in Dalton?

About $36,110 a year ($3,009 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $44,030.

Do extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers earn more in Dalton than elsewhere?

The average here is 8% less than the U.S. metro average for this job ($48,013).

Sources and how to read this page

  • Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates for metropolitan areas. SOC code 51-6091; area Dalton, GA (19140). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 0.5%.
  • Cost of living: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional price parities (RPP), 2024; 100 = U.S. average.
  • Home value: Zillow Home Value Index. Typical-wage figure: OEWS all occupations, same metro.
  • Take-home pay: Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).
  • Job concentration: location quotient 158.87, this job is 158.9 times as concentrated as in the U.S. overall.

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