Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in California
Local pay for plating 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 51-4193
$46,760
median pay, California
5,600
employed in California
+6.4%
vs U.S. median
-13.6%
growth, 2024–34 (U.S.)
What plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic earn in California
California · annual wage · OEWS May 2025
Half of plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in California earn between $39,390 and $51,180 a year; the U.S. median is $43,960.
$36,730
P10
$39,390
P25
$46,760
MEDIAN
$51,180
P75
$59,610
P90
Pay by metro in California
$53,680
$50,870
$50,520
$46,420
$46,130
$46,120
$45,300
$45,050
$20k $50k $80k