SOC 51-4081 · San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro

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

The average salary for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in San Antonio, Texas is $43,230 a year ($20.79 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $39,340: half of the 370 people in this job in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is 14% less than the U.S. average for this job ($50,030).

$43,230average per year

$20.79 / hourMedian $39,340Take-home ≈ $36,915

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370people in this job
-14%vs U.S. average
#5 of 7Texas metros
95cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay range in San Antonio

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $24,690 a year or less, while the top 10% make $74,720 or more. The middle half of multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in San Antonio earn between $30,050 and $47,440.

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Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$43,230$3,602$20.78
Median$39,340$3,278$18.91
Entry level (25th percentile)$30,050$2,504$14.45
Experienced (75th percentile)$47,440$3,953$22.81

*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 San Antonio vs. Texas and the U.S.

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in San Antonio earn 23% less than the Texas average ($55,890) and 14% less than the U.S. average ($50,030). At the median the gap is -17% against the U.S. median of $47,180.

AreaAverageMedian10th pct.90th pct.Jobs
San Antonio$43,230$39,340$24,690$74,720370
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 San Antonio

On the average salary of $43,230, a single filer in San Antonio takes home about $36,915 a year, or $3,076 a month and $1,420 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 San Antonio a good place for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the San Antonio area are 5% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 94.7), so the average $43,230 buys what about $45,642 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.8 times the median wage of all jobs in San Antonio ($47,010). A typical home costs $280,297, or 6.5 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

San Antonio ranks 5th of 7 Texas metro areas for this job; Dallas pays the most ($67,500).

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 San Antonio: questions

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

$20.79 an hour on average, and $18.91 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

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

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $24,690 a year and the 25th percentile is $30,050, a fair guide to starting pay.

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

About $36,915 a year ($3,076 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $43,230. Texas has no state income tax.

Do multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic earn more in San Antonio 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 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX (41700). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 1.2%.
  • 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 0.41, this job is less common than in the U.S. overall (location quotient 0.41).

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