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Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay in Connecticut and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is $44,350 per year in Connecticut. It is $61,990 per year in Washington. Connecticut is 28.5% below Washington on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-4191 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 320 wage and salary jobs in Connecticut and 140 in Washington. 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.