SOC 51-4081 · Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in Sioux Falls, SD

The average salary for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Sioux Falls, South Dakota is $48,820 a year ($23.47 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $44,710: half of the 40 people in this job in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is about the same as the U.S. average for this job ($50,030).

$48,820average per year

$23.47 / hourMedian $44,710Take-home ≈ $41,407

  • $39K10th
  • $45K25th
  • $45KMedian
  • $56K75th
  • $61K90th

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

40people in this job
-2%vs U.S. average
91cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay range in Sioux Falls

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $39,070 a year or less, while the top 10% make $61,170 or more. The middle half of multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Sioux Falls earn between $44,700 and $56,380.

  • $39K10th
  • $45K25th
  • $45KMedian
  • $56K75th
  • $61K90th

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

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$48,820$4,068$23.47
Median$44,710$3,726$21.50
Entry level (25th percentile)$44,700$3,725$21.49
Experienced (75th percentile)$56,380$4,698$27.11

*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 Sioux Falls vs. South Dakota and the U.S.

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Sioux Falls earn 3% more than the South Dakota average ($47,190) and about the same as the U.S. average ($50,030). At the median the gap is -5% against the U.S. median of $47,180.

AreaAverageMedian10th pct.90th pct.Jobs
Sioux Falls$48,820$44,710$39,070$61,17040
South Dakota$47,190$44,700$35,500$59,570120
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 Sioux Falls

On the average salary of $48,820, a single filer in Sioux Falls takes home about $41,407 a year, or $3,451 a month and $1,593 every two weeks. Taxes take 15% of gross pay.

The Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area crosses state lines, so take-home pay depends on the state where you work:

StatePer yearPer month
Working in SD$41,407$3,451
Working in MN$39,610$3,301

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

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

Prices in the Sioux Falls area are 9% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 90.6), so the average $48,820 buys what about $53,867 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.9 times the median wage of all jobs in Sioux Falls ($47,970). A typical home costs $342,936, or 7.0 years of this average salary before tax.

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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 Sioux Falls: questions

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

$23.47 an hour on average, and $21.49 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

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

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $39,070 a year and the 25th percentile is $44,700, a fair guide to starting pay.

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

About $41,407 a year ($3,451 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $48,820. South Dakota has no state income tax.

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

The average here is about the same as 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 Sioux Falls, SD-MN (43620). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 7.2%.
  • 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 no state income tax.
  • Job concentration: location quotient 0.28, this job is less common than in the U.S. overall (location quotient 0.28).

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