SOC 51-4081 · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in Dallas, TX

The average salary for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Dallas, Texas is $67,500 a year ($32.45 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $80,110: half of the 5,440 people in this job in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is 35% more than the U.S. average for this job ($50,030).

$67,500average per year

$32.45 / hourMedian $80,110Take-home ≈ $56,316

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  • $80KMedian
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median average · bar = middle 50% of workers · how to read it

5,440people in this job
+35%vs U.S. average
#1 of 7Texas metros
103cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay range in Dallas

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $44,190 a year or less, while the top 10% make $80,110 or more. The middle half of multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Dallas earn between $51,020 and $80,110.

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  • $80KMedian
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median average · bar = middle 50% of workers · how to read it

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$67,500$5,625$32.45
Median$80,110$6,676$38.51
Entry level (25th percentile)$51,020$4,252$24.53
Experienced (75th percentile)$80,110$6,676$38.51

*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 Dallas vs. Texas and the U.S.

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Dallas earn 21% more than the Texas average ($55,890) and 35% more than the U.S. average ($50,030). At the median the gap is +70% against the U.S. median of $47,180.

AreaAverageMedian10th pct.90th pct.Jobs
Dallas$67,500$80,110$44,190$80,1105,440
Texas$55,890$49,050$33,430$80,11010,540
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 Dallas

On the average salary of $67,500, a single filer in Dallas takes home about $56,316 a year, or $4,693 a month and $2,166 every two weeks. Taxes take 17% 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 Dallas a good place for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Dallas area are 3% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 103.1), so the average $67,500 buys what about $65,477 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Dallas ($51,440). A typical home costs $366,823, 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 Texas cities

Dallas ranks 1st of 7 Texas metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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

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 Dallas: questions

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

$32.45 an hour on average, and $38.52 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

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

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $44,190 a year and the 25th percentile is $51,020, a fair guide to starting pay.

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

About $56,316 a year ($4,693 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $67,500. Texas has no state income tax.

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

The average here is 35% more 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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (19100). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 0.8%.
  • 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 1.68, this job is 1.7 times as concentrated as in the U.S. overall.

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