SOC 51-4081 · Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in Virginia Beach, VA

The average salary for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Virginia Beach, Virginia is $49,030 a year ($23.57 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $48,620: half of the 100 people in this job in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is about the same as the U.S. average for this job ($50,030).

$49,030average per year

$23.57 / hourMedian $48,620Take-home ≈ $39,570

  • $37K10th
  • $38K25th
  • $49KMedian
  • $60K75th
  • $63K90th

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

100people in this job
-2%vs U.S. average
#4 of 4Virginia metros
98cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay range in Virginia Beach

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $36,990 a year or less, while the top 10% make $63,160 or more. The middle half of multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Virginia Beach earn between $37,650 and $59,550.

  • $37K10th
  • $38K25th
  • $49KMedian
  • $60K75th
  • $63K90th

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

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$49,030$4,086$23.57
Median$48,620$4,052$23.38
Entry level (25th percentile)$37,650$3,138$18.10
Experienced (75th percentile)$59,550$4,962$28.63

*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 Virginia Beach vs. Virginia and the U.S.

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Virginia Beach earn 5% less than the Virginia average ($51,560) and about the same as the U.S. average ($50,030). At the median the gap is +3% against the U.S. median of $47,180.

AreaAverageMedian10th pct.90th pct.Jobs
Virginia Beach$49,030$48,620$36,990$63,160100
Virginia$51,560$50,600$36,740$64,0501,030
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 Virginia Beach

On the average salary of $49,030, a single filer in Virginia Beach takes home about $39,570 a year, or $3,298 a month and $1,522 every two weeks. Taxes take 19% of gross pay.

The Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro area crosses state lines, so take-home pay depends on the state where you work:

StatePer yearPer month
Working in NC$40,128$3,344
Working in VA$39,570$3,298

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules).

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

Prices in the Virginia Beach area are 2% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 97.9), so the average $49,030 buys what about $50,061 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Virginia Beach ($49,430). A typical home costs $373,678, 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 Virginia cities

Virginia Beach ranks 4th of 4 Virginia metro areas for this job; Roanoke pays the most ($51,730).

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

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 Virginia Beach: questions

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

$23.57 an hour on average, and $23.38 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

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

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $36,990 a year and the 25th percentile is $37,650, a fair guide to starting pay.

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

About $39,570 a year ($3,298 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $49,030.

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

The average here is about the same as 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 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC (47260). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 2.9%.
  • 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 0.17, this job is less common than in the U.S. overall (location quotient 0.17).

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