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Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay in Baton Rouge, LA and Burlington-South Burlington, VT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is $53,240 per year in Baton Rouge, LA. It is $64,760 per year in Burlington-South Burlington, VT. Baton Rouge, LA is 17.8% below Burlington-South Burlington, VT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-4021 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 290 wage and salary jobs in Baton Rouge, LA and 50 in Burlington-South Burlington, VT. 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.