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Average Extruding And Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic Salary in Terre Haute, IN

Extruding And Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic in Terre Haute, IN earn a median annual salary of $52,510, which is +10.0% compared to the national median. There are 130 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Terre Haute, IN (metro area).

$52,510
Terre Haute, IN median annual wage
$25/hour median
+10.0%
Difference vs national median
National median is $47,720
130
Local employment
2.0 jobs per 1,000 workers
5.02
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$36,970
25th
$43,730
Median
$52,510
75th
$63,800
90th
$63,800

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 Terre Haute, IN, 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
87.8%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$59,808
Goods: 94.3%
Services: 86.6%
Rents: 51.9%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $64,760 Compare 450
Burlington-South Burlington, VT $64,760 Compare 50
Cedar Rapids, IA $64,520 Compare 110
Appleton, WI $61,960 Compare 250
Lincoln, NE $61,570 Compare 90
Duluth, MN-WI $61,530 Compare 80

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 Terre Haute, IN

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Physicians, All Other $225,970 0.54
Dentists, General $156,210 0.61
Pharmacists $144,160 0.88
Lawyers $135,290 0.67
Architectural And Engineering Managers $130,530 0.45
Computer And Information Systems Managers $125,570 0.31
Financial Managers $122,100 0.59
Nurse Practitioners $120,370 1.15

Terre Haute, IN has salary data for 278 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Physicians, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Extruding And Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic in Terre Haute, IN

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.