Texas pay · SOC 51-4023

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

May 2025 estimates for Texas and its published labor markets.

Statewide pay

BLS May 2025, Texas. Published annual and hourly estimates.
Measure	Annual pay	Hourly pay
10th percentile	$35,600	$17.12
25th percentile	$41,340	$19.88
Median	$49,660	$23.88
75th percentile	$58,300	$28.03
90th percentile	$75,730	$36.41
Average	$51,650	$24.83

A plus sign marks a lower bound. “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate; “Not available” means no estimate was provided. Hourly figures come from BLS, without dividing annual pay by assumed work hours.

Estimated employment: 1,680. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.

The middle half of annual wages runs from $41,340 to $58,300 in 2025, a span of $16,960. Percentiles describe the wage distribution across jobs. They do not identify experience levels or promise an offer.

Compare labor markets

Across 6 distinct areas with comparable 2025 estimates, medians range from $41,120 in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area to $57,280 in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.

Each published area appears once. Employment totals across counties must not be added together.
Published area	Median annual pay	Estimated jobs
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$57,280	490
El Paso, TX	$52,950	60
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	$41,120	50
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$48,830	350
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	$41,600	90
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$45,510	100

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