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Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay in Maryland and Oregon
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is $47,320 per year in Maryland. It is $53,680 per year in Oregon. Maryland is 11.8% below Oregon on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-4031 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 270 wage and salary jobs in Maryland and 1,180 in Oregon. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.