SOC 51-4081 · Youngstown-Warren, OH metro

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in Youngstown, OH

The average salary for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Youngstown, Ohio is $48,250 a year ($23.20 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $48,850: half of the 340 people in this job in the Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is 4% less than the U.S. average for this job ($50,030).

$48,250average per year

$23.20 / hourMedian $48,850Take-home ≈ $38,737

  • $34K10th
  • $39K25th
  • $49KMedian
  • $56K75th
  • $61K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers · how to read it

340people in this job
-4%vs U.S. average
#5 of 10Ohio metros
87cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay range in Youngstown

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $33,950 a year or less, while the top 10% make $61,420 or more. The middle half of multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Youngstown earn between $39,320 and $55,580.

  • $34K10th
  • $39K25th
  • $49KMedian
  • $56K75th
  • $61K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers · how to read it

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$48,250$4,021$23.20
Median$48,850$4,071$23.49
Entry level (25th percentile)$39,320$3,277$18.90
Experienced (75th percentile)$55,580$4,632$26.72

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Hourly to annual salary.

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay in Youngstown vs. Ohio and the U.S.

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Youngstown earn about the same as the Ohio average ($49,000) and 4% less than the U.S. average ($50,030). At the median the gap is +4% against the U.S. median of $47,180.

AreaAverageMedian10th pct.90th pct.Jobs
Youngstown$48,250$48,850$33,950$61,420340
Ohio$49,000$46,420$34,790$75,17011,170
United States$50,030$47,180$35,780$74,450124,590

State and U.S. rows: BLS statewide and national estimates, May 2025, which include rural areas.

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary after taxes in Youngstown

On the average salary of $48,250, a single filer in Youngstown takes home about $38,737 a year, or $3,228 a month and $1,490 every two weeks. Taxes take 20% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). Includes Youngstown's local income tax (2.75%); the city income tax is that of the principal city (suburbs have their own rates) and school district income taxes are not included.

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Is Youngstown a good place for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Youngstown area are 13% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 87.4), so the average $48,250 buys what about $55,210 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Youngstown ($43,800). A typical home costs $175,405, or 3.6 years of this average salary before tax.

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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in other Ohio cities

Youngstown ranks 5th of 10 Ohio metro areas for this job; Cleveland pays the most ($54,490).

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Dallas, TX pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($67,500).

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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Youngstown: questions

How much do multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic make an hour in Youngstown?

$23.20 an hour on average, and $23.48 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

What is the entry-level multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salary in Youngstown?

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $33,950 a year and the 25th percentile is $39,320, a fair guide to starting pay.

What is the multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic take-home pay in Youngstown?

About $38,737 a year ($3,228 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $48,250. Includes Youngstown's local income tax (2.75%); the city income tax is that of the principal city (suburbs have their own rates) and school district income taxes are not included.

Do multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic earn more in Youngstown than elsewhere?

The average here is 4% less than the U.S. average for this job ($50,030).

Sources and how to read this page

  • Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates for metropolitan areas. SOC code 51-4081; area Youngstown-Warren, OH (49660). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 2.5%.
  • U.S. and statewide figures: BLS OEWS national and state estimates, May 2025, every employer including rural areas.
  • Cost of living: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional price parities (RPP), 2024; 100 = U.S. average.
  • Home value: Zillow Home Value Index. Typical-wage figure: OEWS all occupations, same metro.
  • Take-home pay: Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). Includes Youngstown's local income tax (2.75%); the city income tax is that of the principal city (suburbs have their own rates) and school district income taxes are not included.
  • Job concentration: location quotient 2.62, this job is 2.6 times as concentrated as in the U.S. overall.

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