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Average Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic Salary in Arizona

Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic in Arizona earn a median annual salary of $50,220, which is +5.8% compared to the national median. There are 140 workers employed locally in this occupation.

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

$50,220
Arizona median annual wage
$24/hour median
+5.8%
Difference vs national median
National median is $47,450
140
Local employment
0.0 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.47
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$40,990
25th
$46,430
Median
$50,220
75th
$54,350
90th
$66,170

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 Arizona, 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
100.7%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$49,882
Goods: 95.4%
Services: 92.3%
Rents: 106.8%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Washington$64,040Compare140
Oregon$62,200Compare160
Colorado$56,810Compare80
Massachusetts$55,340Compare190
West Virginia$55,100Compare60
New York$52,470Compare280

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 Arizona

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Nurse Anesthetists$228,690N/A
Pediatricians, General$227,4101.03
Physicians, All Other$223,6800.79
Dentists, General$206,6601.25
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers$198,8001.01
Physicists$190,9600.17
Architectural And Engineering Managers$172,6801.08
Sales Engineers$169,4701.04

Arizona has salary data for 720 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic in Arizona

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic are projected to change by -12.8% from 2024 to 2034, with 1,200 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.