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Average Milling And Planing Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic Salary in Maine

Milling And Planing Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic in Maine earn a median annual salary of $62,290, which is +28.9% 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 Maine (state).

$62,290
Maine median annual wage
$30/hour median
+28.9%
Difference vs national median
National median is $48,310
N/A
Local employment
N/A
Location quotient

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$46,990
25th
$62,270
Median
$62,290
75th
$75,570
90th
$75,590

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 Maine, 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
97.0%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$64,183
Goods: 97.2%
Services: 135.2%
Rents: 78.9%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Washington$83,240Compare160
North Dakota$64,150Compare30
Illinois$64,060Compare570
Kansas$62,570Compare30
Connecticut$61,140Compare90
Kentucky$60,270Compare350

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 Maine

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Nurse Anesthetists$229,9002.16
Pediatricians, General$224,2000.80
Family Medicine Physicians$220,5901.41
Dentists, General$208,8600.96
Podiatrists$161,8001.27
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers$158,1900.10
Judges, Magistrate Judges, And Magistrates$156,7700.77
Database Architects$154,7900.93

Maine has salary data for 641 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for Milling And Planing Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic in Maine

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Milling And Planing Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic are projected to change by -14.4% from 2024 to 2034, with 1,100 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.