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Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay in Georgia and Oregon
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is $46,490 per year in Georgia. It is $69,210 per year in Oregon. Georgia is 32.8% below Oregon on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-4022 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 380 wage and salary jobs in Georgia and 30 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings