SOC 51-4081 · Sheboygan, WI metro

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in Sheboygan, WI

The average salary for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Sheboygan, Wisconsin is $54,200 a year ($26.06 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $49,120: half of the 90 people in this job in the Sheboygan, WI metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is 8% more than the U.S. average for this job ($50,030).

$54,200average per year

$26.06 / hourMedian $49,120Take-home ≈ $43,946

  • $39K10th
  • $39K25th
  • $49KMedian
  • $72K75th
  • $72K90th

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

90people in this job
+8%vs U.S. average
#3 of 10Wisconsin metros
94cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay range in Sheboygan

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $38,700 a year or less, while the top 10% make $71,700 or more. The middle half of multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Sheboygan earn between $39,350 and $71,700.

  • $39K10th
  • $39K25th
  • $49KMedian
  • $72K75th
  • $72K90th

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

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$54,200$4,517$26.06
Median$49,120$4,093$23.62
Entry level (25th percentile)$39,350$3,279$18.92
Experienced (75th percentile)$71,700$5,975$34.47

*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 Sheboygan vs. Wisconsin and the U.S.

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Sheboygan earn 4% more than the Wisconsin average ($52,330) and 8% more than the U.S. average ($50,030). At the median the gap is +4% against the U.S. median of $47,180.

AreaAverageMedian10th pct.90th pct.Jobs
Sheboygan$54,200$49,120$38,700$71,70090
Wisconsin$52,330$47,700$38,370$71,9003,570
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 Sheboygan

On the average salary of $54,200, a single filer in Sheboygan takes home about $43,946 a year, or $3,662 a month and $1,690 every two weeks. Taxes take 19% 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 Sheboygan a good place for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Sheboygan area are 6% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 94.0), so the average $54,200 buys what about $57,651 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.9 times the median wage of all jobs in Sheboygan ($51,890). A typical home costs $324,544, or 6.0 years of this average salary before tax.

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

Sheboygan ranks 3rd of 10 Wisconsin metro areas for this job; Milwaukee pays the most ($57,660).

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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 Sheboygan: questions

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

$26.06 an hour on average, and $23.62 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

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

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $38,700 a year and the 25th percentile is $39,350, a fair guide to starting pay.

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

About $43,946 a year ($3,662 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $54,200.

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

The average here is 8% 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 Sheboygan, WI (43100). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 4.1%.
  • 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 1.83, this job is 1.8 times as concentrated as in the U.S. overall.

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