SOC 51-4081 · Niles, MI metro

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in Niles, MI

The average salary for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Niles, Michigan is $43,120 a year ($20.73 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $40,100: half of the 170 people in this job in the Niles, MI metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is 14% less than the U.S. average for this job ($50,030).

$43,120average per year

$20.73 / hourMedian $40,100Take-home ≈ $35,241

  • $35K10th
  • $35K25th
  • $40KMedian
  • $47K75th
  • $58K90th

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

170people in this job
-14%vs U.S. average
#10 of 12Michigan metros
92cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay range in Niles

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $35,430 a year or less, while the top 10% make $57,550 or more. The middle half of multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Niles earn between $35,430 and $47,390.

  • $35K10th
  • $35K25th
  • $40KMedian
  • $47K75th
  • $58K90th

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

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$43,120$3,593$20.73
Median$40,100$3,342$19.28
Entry level (25th percentile)$35,430$2,952$17.03
Experienced (75th percentile)$47,390$3,949$22.78

*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 Niles vs. Michigan and the U.S.

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Niles earn 15% less than the Michigan average ($50,910) and 14% less than the U.S. average ($50,030). At the median the gap is -15% against the U.S. median of $47,180.

AreaAverageMedian10th pct.90th pct.Jobs
Niles$43,120$40,100$35,430$57,550170
Michigan$50,910$45,920$36,040$78,2909,350
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 Niles

On the average salary of $43,120, a single filer in Niles takes home about $35,241 a year, or $2,937 a month and $1,355 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 (2025 rules).

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

Prices in the Niles area are 8% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 92.4), so the average $43,120 buys what about $46,682 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.9 times the median wage of all jobs in Niles ($45,980). A typical home costs $282,443, or 6.6 years of this average salary before tax.

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

Niles ranks 10th of 12 Michigan metro areas for this job; Ann Arbor pays the most ($61,020).

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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 Niles: questions

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

$20.73 an hour on average, and $19.28 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

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

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $35,430 a year and the 25th percentile is $35,430, a fair guide to starting pay.

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

About $35,241 a year ($2,937 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $43,120.

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

The average here is 14% 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 Niles, MI (35660). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 3.3%.
  • 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 state income tax (2025 rules).
  • Job concentration: location quotient 3.51, this job is 3.5 times as concentrated as in the U.S. overall.

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