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Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders pay in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL and Modesto, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders is $44,110 per year in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL. It is $88,940 per year in Modesto, CA. Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL is 50.4% below Modesto, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-9041 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 70 wage and salary jobs in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL and 140 in Modesto, CA. 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.