SOC 51-4023 · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro

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

The average salary for rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Dallas, Texas is $57,550 a year ($27.67 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $57,280: half of the 490 people in this job in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is 8% more than the U.S. average for this job ($53,220).

$57,550average per year

$27.67 / hourMedian $57,280Take-home ≈ $48,421

  • $34K10th
  • $46K25th
  • $57KMedian
  • $76K75th
  • $76K90th

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

490people in this job
+8%vs U.S. average
#1 of 4Texas metros
103cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay range in Dallas

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $34,310 a year or less, while the top 10% make $75,730 or more. The middle half of rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Dallas earn between $46,120 and $75,730.

  • $34K10th
  • $46K25th
  • $57KMedian
  • $76K75th
  • $76K90th

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

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$57,550$4,796$27.67
Median$57,280$4,773$27.54
Entry level (25th percentile)$46,120$3,843$22.17
Experienced (75th percentile)$75,730$6,311$36.41

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Hourly to annual salary.

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay in Dallas vs. Texas and the U.S.

Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Dallas earn 11% more than the Texas average ($51,650) and 8% more than the U.S. average ($53,220). At the median the gap is +14% against the U.S. median of $50,140.

AreaAverageMedian10th pct.90th pct.Jobs
Dallas$57,550$57,280$34,310$75,730490
Texas$51,650$49,660$35,600$75,7301,680
United States$53,220$50,140$37,690$70,31025,250

State and U.S. rows: BLS statewide and national estimates, May 2025, which include rural areas.

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary after taxes in Dallas

On the average salary of $57,550, a single filer in Dallas takes home about $48,421 a year, or $4,035 a month and $1,862 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% 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 rolling machine 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 $57,550 buys what about $55,825 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Dallas ($51,440). A typical home costs $366,823, or 6.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in other Texas cities

Dallas ranks 1st of 4 Texas metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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

Highest-paying cities for rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

Decatur, AL pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($88,880).

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary by city

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Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Dallas: questions

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

$27.67 an hour on average, and $27.54 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

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

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $34,310 a year and the 25th percentile is $46,120, a fair guide to starting pay.

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

About $48,421 a year ($4,035 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $57,550. Texas has no state income tax.

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

The average here is 8% more than the U.S. average for this job ($53,220).

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 51-4023; area Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (19100). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 6.4%.
  • 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 0.74, this job is less common than in the U.S. overall (location quotient 0.74).

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