Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in California
Local pay for forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in California, on the same wage scale as the U.S. Growth and openings are national.
SOC 51-4022
$59,250
median pay, California
750
employed in California
+20.8%
vs U.S. median
-18.9%
growth, 2024–34 (U.S.)
What forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic earn in California
California · annual wage · OEWS May 2025
Half of forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in California earn between $45,850 and $78,240 a year; the U.S. median is $49,030.
$43,390
P10
$59,250
MEDIAN
$78,240
P75
$81,730
P90
Pay by metro in California