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Average Extruding And Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic Salary in Jackson, TN

Extruding And Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic in Jackson, TN earn a median annual salary of $47,480, which is +1.1% compared to the national median. There are N/A workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Jackson, TN (metro area).

$47,480
Jackson, TN median annual wage
$23/hour median
+1.1%
Difference vs national median
National median is $46,980
N/A
Local employment
N/A
Location quotient

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$34,490
25th
$40,270
Median
$47,480
75th
$57,700
90th
$64,040

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 Jackson, TN, 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
85.5%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$55,518
Goods: 96.2%
Services: 72.6%
Rents: 56.6%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

MetroMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Baton Rouge, LA$103,300Compare440
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$62,710Compare400
Cedar Rapids, IA$62,240Compare120
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$59,480Compare70
Terre Haute, IN$59,290Compare330
Omaha, NE-IA$58,380Compare40

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 Jackson, TN

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Family Medicine Physicians$219,9900.73
Nurse Anesthetists$184,4502.18
General Internal Medicine Physicians$176,9803.14
Chief Executives$168,1100.81
Pharmacists$134,9201.15
Architectural And Engineering Managers$127,6200.60
Lawyers$120,9500.38
Computer Network Architects$119,9500.45

Jackson, TN has salary data for 293 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Family Medicine Physicians.

Historical series

Trend for Extruding And Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic in Jackson, TN

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Extruding And Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic are projected to change by +1.2% from 2024 to 2034, with 6,500 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.