Average Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic Salary in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN

BLS tracks 80 heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN but does not publish a wage estimate for this occupation in this location. Below you'll find national context and peer states with reported wages.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN (metro area).

No annual salary published for this location. BLS does not publish an annual wage estimate for heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN. This is common for occupations where most work is project-based, hourly, or on irregular schedules (actors, athletes, musicians, dancers). No wage figures were published at all for this location in the latest release.

Local employment

Workers tracked locally: 80
How common this job is here: 8.19×; More concentrated here than nationally — this metro area is unusually strong in this occupation.

Where heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic earn the most per hour

Locations where BLS did publish hourly wage data for heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic this release, ranked highest to lowest.

By hourly wage

Top-paying states

Washington: $30.79/hr
Oregon: $29.90/hr
Colorado: $27.31/hr
Massachusetts: $26.61/hr
West Virginia: $26.49/hr
New York: $25.23/hr
Kentucky: $24.69/hr
Kansas: $24.46/hr

By hourly wage

Top-paying metros

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA: $32.14/hr
Oklahoma City, OK: $30.97/hr
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA: $30.96/hr
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA: $29.93/hr
Corpus Christi, TX: $29.71/hr
Tulsa, OK: $29.03/hr
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH: $28.72/hr
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN: $28.24/hr

National job outlook

BLS publishes national employment projections for heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic from 2024 to 2034. These projections are national and not broken down by state.

Projected growth: -12.8%; -1,900 net jobs over the projection period
Annual openings: 1,200; Includes growth plus replacements
Typical entry education: High school diploma or equivalent

Related occupations

Other jobs in the same field. Many of these follow similar hourly or project-based pay patterns.