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Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay in Burlington-South Burlington, VT and Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is $64,760 per year in Burlington-South Burlington, VT. It is $48,510 per year in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. Burlington-South Burlington, VT is 33.5% above Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 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 50 wage and salary jobs in Burlington-South Burlington, VT and 360 in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. 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.