SOC 51-4081 · Jacksonville, FL metro

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in Jacksonville, FL

The average salary for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Jacksonville, Florida is $46,350 a year ($22.28 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $46,010: half of the 250 people in this job in the Jacksonville, FL metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is 7% less than the U.S. average for this job ($50,030).

$46,350average per year

$22.28 / hourMedian $46,010Take-home ≈ $39,422

  • $39K10th
  • $42K25th
  • $46KMedian
  • $48K75th
  • $56K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers · how to read it

250people in this job
-7%vs U.S. average
#1 of 8Florida metros
99cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay range in Jacksonville

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $38,650 a year or less, while the top 10% make $56,100 or more. The middle half of multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Jacksonville earn between $41,730 and $48,330.

  • $39K10th
  • $42K25th
  • $46KMedian
  • $48K75th
  • $56K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers · how to read it

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$46,350$3,862$22.28
Median$46,010$3,834$22.12
Entry level (25th percentile)$41,730$3,478$20.06
Experienced (75th percentile)$48,330$4,028$23.24

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

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay in Jacksonville vs. Florida and the U.S.

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Jacksonville earn 6% more than the Florida average ($43,570) and 7% less than the U.S. average ($50,030). At the median the gap is -2% against the U.S. median of $47,180.

AreaAverageMedian10th pct.90th pct.Jobs
Jacksonville$46,350$46,010$38,650$56,100250
Florida$43,570$41,220$33,980$57,9702,530
United States$50,030$47,180$35,780$74,450124,590

State and U.S. rows: BLS statewide and national estimates, May 2025, which include rural areas.

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary after taxes in Jacksonville

On the average salary of $46,350, a single filer in Jacksonville takes home about $39,422 a year, or $3,285 a month and $1,516 every two weeks. Taxes take 15% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

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Is Jacksonville a good place for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Jacksonville area are in line with the U.S. average (BEA price parity 99.5), so the average $46,350 buys what about $46,590 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.9 times the median wage of all jobs in Jacksonville ($48,830). A typical home costs $352,994, or 7.6 years of this average salary before tax.

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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in other Florida cities

Jacksonville ranks 1st of 8 Florida metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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Highest-paying cities for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

Dallas, TX pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($67,500).

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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Jacksonville: questions

How much do multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic make an hour in Jacksonville?

$22.28 an hour on average, and $22.12 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

What is the entry-level multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salary in Jacksonville?

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $38,650 a year and the 25th percentile is $41,730, a fair guide to starting pay.

What is the multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic take-home pay in Jacksonville?

About $39,422 a year ($3,285 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $46,350. Florida has no state income tax.

Do multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic earn more in Jacksonville than elsewhere?

The average here is 7% less than the U.S. average for this job ($50,030).

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 51-4081; area Jacksonville, FL (27260). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 1.0%.
  • U.S. and statewide figures: BLS OEWS national and state estimates, May 2025, every employer including rural areas.
  • 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 no state income tax.
  • Job concentration: location quotient 0.40, this job is less common than in the U.S. overall (location quotient 0.40).

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