SOC 51-4081 · Oklahoma City, OK metro

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in Oklahoma City, OK

The average salary for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is $45,460 a year ($21.86 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $44,710: half of the 480 people in this job in the Oklahoma City, OK metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is 9% less than the U.S. average for this job ($50,030).

$45,460average per year

$21.86 / hourMedian $44,710Take-home ≈ $37,207

  • $33K10th
  • $38K25th
  • $45KMedian
  • $49K75th
  • $60K90th

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

480people in this job
-9%vs U.S. average
#2 of 2Oklahoma metros
90cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay range in Oklahoma City

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $32,630 a year or less, while the top 10% make $59,530 or more. The middle half of multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Oklahoma City earn between $37,580 and $49,490.

  • $33K10th
  • $38K25th
  • $45KMedian
  • $49K75th
  • $60K90th

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

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$45,460$3,788$21.86
Median$44,710$3,726$21.50
Entry level (25th percentile)$37,580$3,132$18.07
Experienced (75th percentile)$49,490$4,124$23.79

*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 Oklahoma City vs. Oklahoma and the U.S.

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Oklahoma City earn about the same as the Oklahoma average ($46,600) and 9% less than the U.S. average ($50,030). At the median the gap is -5% against the U.S. median of $47,180.

AreaAverageMedian10th pct.90th pct.Jobs
Oklahoma City$45,460$44,710$32,630$59,530480
Oklahoma$46,600$46,470$33,330$59,5302,180
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 Oklahoma City

On the average salary of $45,460, a single filer in Oklahoma City takes home about $37,207 a year, or $3,101 a month and $1,431 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 Oklahoma City a good place for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Oklahoma City area are 10% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 90.4), so the average $45,460 buys what about $50,283 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.9 times the median wage of all jobs in Oklahoma City ($47,230). A typical home costs $246,872, or 5.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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

Oklahoma City ranks 2nd of 2 Oklahoma metro areas for this job; Tulsa pays the most ($46,500).

  • Tulsa$46,500
  • Oklahoma City$45,460

All Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salaries in Oklahoma

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).

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary by city

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

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

$21.86 an hour on average, and $21.49 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

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

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $32,630 a year and the 25th percentile is $37,580, a fair guide to starting pay.

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

About $37,207 a year ($3,101 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $45,460.

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

The average here is 9% 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 Oklahoma City, OK (36420). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 1.6%.
  • 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 (2026 rules).
  • Job concentration: location quotient 0.88, this job is about as common as in the U.S. overall.

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