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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay in West Virginia and Wisconsin
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is $76,080 per year in West Virginia. It is $47,700 per year in Wisconsin. West Virginia is 59.5% above Wisconsin on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-4081 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 1,920 wage and salary jobs in West Virginia and 3,570 in Wisconsin. 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