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Average Drilling And Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic Salary in Nebraska

Drilling And Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic in Nebraska earn a median annual salary of $37,160, which is -20.3% compared to the national median. There are 40 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Nebraska (state).

$37,160
Nebraska median annual wage
$18/hour median
-20.3%
Difference vs national median
National median is $46,630
40
Local employment
0.0 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.02
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$28,280
25th
$29,960
Median
$37,160
75th
$52,170
90th
$60,470

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Nebraska, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
90.1%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$41,242
Goods: 94.1%
Services: 75.6%
Rents: 75.2%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Washington$99,720CompareN/A
Missouri$99,630CompareN/A
Massachusetts$74,680Compare80
Florida$62,400Compare160
Pennsylvania$58,200Compare160
New Hampshire$57,900Compare50

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Nebraska

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Nurse Anesthetists$231,0200.87
Psychiatrists$229,240N/A
Chief Executives$206,0802.00
Judges, Magistrate Judges, And Magistrates$196,3900.96
Pediatricians, General$186,6801.47
General Internal Medicine Physicians$178,6201.68
Dentists, General$168,1100.99
Nuclear Engineers$149,280N/A

Nebraska has salary data for 672 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for Drilling And Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic in Nebraska

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Drilling And Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic are projected to change by -19.6% from 2024 to 2034, with 400 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.