Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area: wage guide
Use the local pay range, same-source bench marks, job scale, price level, and survey care marks as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 51-4031 and BLS area 1900002.
Questions, answered
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area: common questions
What is the median wage for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published a median of $49,060 per year for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. This describes an occupation-area estimate, not a promised offer or an individual's pay.
Is Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay higher in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area than nationally?
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area's published median was 5.9% above the U.S. median for the same occupation and release.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area?
No. The BLS wage is nominal, and WageScope has no exact current BEA Regional Price Parity row for this BLS area. It does not substitute a nearby place or invent an adjustment.
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$48,430/year
171,200
1.2%
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area was 5.9% above the U.S. median for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. It ranked 17 of 101 nonmetro areas with a published annual median. Neither comparison adjusts for cost of living, benefits, experience, employer mix, or hours.
What the Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median says in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area at $49,060 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 51-4031 and BLS area 1900002.
BLS lists 230 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $48,560 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area's Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median is 5.9% above the U.S. Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $46,330 on the same published median. The comparison uses the same SOC code and source period. It does not add price levels, taxes, benefits, hours, or a person's work history.
Exact source record
Read source key 51-4031 with area 1900002
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 51-4031 and area 1900002. SOC 51-4031 names Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Area 1900002 names Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 51-4031/1900002 row reports 230 wage and salary jobs, 1.6 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 1.45 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 51-4031/1900002, the annual median is $49,060 per year, while the matching mean is $48,560 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
51-4031/1900002 10th percentile: $38,520 per year.
51-4031/1900002 25th percentile: $45,880 per year.
51-4031/1900002 median: $49,060 per year.
51-4031/1900002 75th percentile: $52,360 per year.
51-4031/1900002 90th percentile: $56,260 per year.
51-4031/1900002 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.
Place source check
BLS area 1900002 facts behind this Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic page
Area 1900002 reports 145,960 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $54,440. Its annual median is $47,020. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.4%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 51-4031 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area runs from $28,380 at the 10th percentile to $83,410 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $36,040. The median is $47,020. The 75th percentile is $62,340. This is a place check, not a pay range for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 1900002. They do not show related skills or a path into Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
1. Area 1900002, SOC 53-3032, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers: 5,110 jobs, $54,080 annual median, 35.02 jobs per 1,000, and 2.64 location quotient.
2. Area 1900002, SOC 41-2011, Cashiers: 4,990 jobs, $28,300 annual median, 34.21 jobs per 1,000, and 1.72 location quotient.
3. Area 1900002, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 3,190 jobs, $79,460 annual median, 21.84 jobs per 1,000, and 1 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area wage ladder for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
The 10th percentile is $38,520 per year. The 25th percentile is $45,880 per year. The median is $49,060 per year. The 75th percentile is $52,360 per year. The 90th percentile is $56,260 per year.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from $45,880 per year to $52,360 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $17,740. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Same-source checks
Compare Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area with its state and the U.S.
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area has a annual median of $49,060 per year. Iowa has $48,240 per year. The U.S. row has $46,330 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area is 1.7% above Iowa on the same published median. Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area is 5.9% above the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are bench marks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Like-for-like rank
Where Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area sits for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area ranks 17 of 101 among nonmetro areas with a published annual median for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.
Rank 17 of 101 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.
The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.
14. Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $49,880 per year, 40 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.27.
15. Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $49,480 per year, 180 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 2.13.
Pay leaders
Where Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic medians lead among nonmetro areas
The rows below use the same SOC 51-4031, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same nonmetro map type. Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area has the highest published median in this set, at $61,610 per year. Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area sits at $49,060 per year.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey care marks, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
1. Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $61,610 per year, or $12,550 above Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,690 jobs there, compared with 230 in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. The location quotient is 7.81.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area has the largest published nonmetro job estimate for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in this same-source set, at 1,690 jobs. Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area has 230. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
1. Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area has 1,690 estimated Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 1,460 jobs from Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. Its median is $61,610 per year, or $12,550 above Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. Its location quotient is 7.81.
2. Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area has 1,540 estimated Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 1,310 jobs from Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. Its median is $43,880 per year, or $5,180 below Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. Its location quotient is 6.64.
Local-share leaders
Where Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic takes the largest share of local jobs
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area has the highest published location quotient in this nonmetro set, at 8.51. Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area has 1.45. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
1. Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area has a location quotient of 8.51, a gap of 7.06 from Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 630 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $40,710 per year, or $8,350 below Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area.
2. Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area has a location quotient of 7.81, a gap of 6.36 from Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,690 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $61,610 per year, or $12,550 above Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area.
Job scale and share
How common Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area
BLS lists 230 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. It also lists 1.6 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 1.45. A value of 1 means Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
Local job mix
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic beside other roles in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area
The all-occupations median in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area is $47,020 per year. The Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median is $49,060 per year. Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is 4.3% above the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.
The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.
Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.
1. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators, SOC 51-2090, has a Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area median of $48,920 per year. BLS lists 2,850 jobs and a location quotient of 2.16.
2. Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers, SOC 51-4121, has a Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area median of $50,380 per year. BLS lists 1,420 jobs and a location quotient of 3.62.
Area job mix
The largest detailed roles in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area table, at 5,110 jobs. Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic has 230 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 145,960. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 5,110 jobs in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, a gap of 4,880 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $54,080 per year, or $5,020 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 2.64.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area
General and Operations Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area role table, at $81,400 per year. Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic has $49,060 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $47,020 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. General and Operations Managers has a median of $81,400 per year in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, or $32,340 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 3,050 jobs, compared with 230 for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.93.
2. Registered Nurses has a median of $79,460 per year in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, or $30,400 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 3,190 jobs, compared with 230 for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area
Slaughterers and Meat Packers has the highest location quotient in the bounded Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area role table, at 19.76. Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic has 1.45. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. Slaughterers and Meat Packers has a location quotient of 19.76 in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, a gap of 18.31 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 1,300 jobs and a median of $42,600 per year, or $6,460 below Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
2. Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers has a location quotient of 3.62 in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, a gap of 2.17 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 1,420 jobs and a median of $50,380 per year, or $1,320 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
Price-level view
What $49,060 may mean after the Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area price level
WageScope has no exact approved 2024 BEA price row for Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. It does not use a nearby place or a broad state value as a stand-in. The $49,060 BLS median stays a nominal wage.
No price row means no national-price-dollar proxy. It does not mean prices match the U.S. level. It does not say whether a wage goes far or not. The source is missing for this exact map key, so the price answer stays open.
You can still compare Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic with the U.S. or with like nonmetro areas on the same BLS metric. Keep that as a nominal wage comparison. Add price-level context only when an exact reviewed row exists.
Data care
How much care to use with the Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area row
The employment RSE for this Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic row is 6.5%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.8%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 230 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $48,560 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
Job and résumé path
Use Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area wage data before you tailor
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. It uses a Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $49,060 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
Limits
What the Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic row for Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 230 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.45 is not a growth score. Rank 17 of 101 is not a place score. A missing price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 51-4031 in BLS area 1900002. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
How many Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs does BLS estimate in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area?
BLS published an employment estimate of 230 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. MeritLog shows eligible live public-catalog listings separately, with their own source and observation date. Posted pay never changes the official BLS distribution.
Current jobs
Precise employer-title matches for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
MeritLog could not safely connect Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area to its job-place list. Jobs from other places are not shown here.
Local job matching is not ready for Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area.
We did not fill this page with jobs from other places. Search all Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, then check each listing's location before you tailor your resume.
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4. Area 1900002, SOC 53-7062, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand: 3,110 jobs, $43,160 annual median, 21.3 jobs per 1,000, and 1.12 location quotient.
5. Area 1900002, SOC 35-3023, Fast Food and Counter Workers: 3,080 jobs, $27,100 annual median, 21.08 jobs per 1,000, and 0.85 location quotient.
6. Area 1900002, SOC 31-1131, Nursing Assistants: 3,070 jobs, $39,070 annual median, 21 jobs per 1,000, and 2.25 location quotient.
16. Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $49,470 per year, 170 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.28.
18. Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $48,890 per year, 30 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.48.
19. Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $48,880 per year, 1,150 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 7.77.
20. Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $48,860 per year, 190 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.77.
2. Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $57,570 per year, or $8,510 above Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 110 jobs there, compared with 230 in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. The location quotient is 0.69.
3. Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $57,560 per year, or $8,500 above Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 650 jobs there, compared with 230 in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. The location quotient is 3.81.
4. Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $56,670 per year, or $7,610 above Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 160 jobs there, compared with 230 in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. The location quotient is 2.22.
5. West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $54,370 per year, or $5,310 above Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 50 jobs there, compared with 230 in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. The location quotient is 0.51.
6. Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $53,180 per year, or $4,120 above Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 60 jobs there, compared with 230 in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. The location quotient is 1.19.
7. Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $52,230 per year, or $3,170 above Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 930 jobs there, compared with 230 in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. The location quotient is 5.24.
8. Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $51,580 per year, or $2,520 above Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 340 jobs there, compared with 230 in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. The location quotient is 2.4.
3. West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area has 1,450 estimated Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 1,220 jobs from Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. Its median is $45,400 per year, or $3,660 below Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. Its location quotient is 5.28.
4. North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) has 1,320 estimated Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 1,090 jobs from Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. Its median is $41,400 per year, or $7,660 below Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. Its location quotient is 4.87.
5. Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area has 1,150 estimated Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 920 jobs from Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. Its median is $39,190 per year, or $9,870 below Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. Its location quotient is 6.05.
6. Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area has 1,150 estimated Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 920 jobs from Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. Its median is $48,880 per year, or $180 below Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. Its location quotient is 7.77.
7. Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area has 990 estimated Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 760 jobs from Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. Its median is $41,580 per year, or $7,480 below Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. Its location quotient is 5.91.
8. Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area has 950 estimated Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 720 jobs from Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. Its median is $40,650 per year, or $8,410 below Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. Its location quotient is 4.04.
3. Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area has a location quotient of 7.77, a gap of 6.32 from Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,150 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $48,880 per year, or $180 below Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area.
4. Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area has a location quotient of 6.64, a gap of 5.19 from Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,540 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $43,880 per year, or $5,180 below Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area.
5. East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area has a location quotient of 6.34, a gap of 4.89 from Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 480 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $42,060 per year, or $7,000 below Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area.
6. Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area has a location quotient of 6.05, a gap of 4.60 from Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,150 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $39,190 per year, or $9,870 below Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area.
7. Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area has a location quotient of 5.91, a gap of 4.46 from Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 990 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $41,580 per year, or $7,480 below Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area.
8. West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area has a location quotient of 5.28, a gap of 3.83 from Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,450 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $45,400 per year, or $3,660 below Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area.
3. Construction Laborers, SOC 47-2061, has a Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area median of $46,890 per year. BLS lists 1,450 jobs and a location quotient of 1.4.
4. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, SOC 43-3031, has a Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area median of $46,870 per year. BLS lists 1,620 jobs and a location quotient of 1.25.
5. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, SOC 53-3032, has a Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area median of $54,080 per year. BLS lists 5,110 jobs and a location quotient of 2.64.
6. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, SOC 49-9071, has a Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area median of $54,310 per year. BLS lists 1,730 jobs and a location quotient of 1.2.
7. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, SOC 53-7062, has a Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area median of $43,160 per year. BLS lists 3,110 jobs and a location quotient of 1.12.
8. Customer Service Representatives, SOC 43-4051, has a Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area median of $42,700 per year. BLS lists 1,490 jobs and a location quotient of 0.61.
2. Cashiers has 4,990 jobs in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, a gap of 4,760 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $28,300 per year, or $20,760 below Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.72.
3. Registered Nurses has 3,190 jobs in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, a gap of 2,960 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $79,460 per year, or $30,400 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.
4. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 3,110 jobs in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, a gap of 2,880 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $43,160 per year, or $5,900 below Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.12.
5. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 3,080 jobs in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, a gap of 2,850 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $27,100 per year, or $21,960 below Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.85.
6. Nursing Assistants has 3,070 jobs in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, a gap of 2,840 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $39,070 per year, or $9,990 below Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 2.25.
7. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary has 3,070 jobs in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, a gap of 2,840 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $30,380 per year, or $18,680 below Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 2.31.
8. Retail Salespersons has 3,060 jobs in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, a gap of 2,830 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $29,990 per year, or $19,070 below Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.84.
3. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a median of $74,340 per year in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, or $25,280 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 1,400 jobs, compared with 230 for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 2.21.
4. First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers has a median of $73,520 per year in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, or $24,460 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 1,010 jobs, compared with 230 for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.33.
5. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $64,310 per year in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, or $15,250 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 1,780 jobs, compared with 230 for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.53.
6. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $60,510 per year in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, or $11,450 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 2,030 jobs, compared with 230 for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.56.
7. Electricians has a median of $60,270 per year in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, or $11,210 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 1,270 jobs, compared with 230 for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.79.
8. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a median of $59,810 per year in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, or $10,750 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 1,410 jobs, compared with 230 for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.41.
3. Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria has a location quotient of 2.99 in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, a gap of 1.54 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 1,240 jobs and a median of $35,320 per year, or $13,740 below Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
4. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 2.64 in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, a gap of 1.19 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 5,110 jobs and a median of $54,080 per year, or $5,020 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
5. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary has a location quotient of 2.31 in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, a gap of 0.86 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 3,070 jobs and a median of $30,380 per year, or $18,680 below Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
6. Nursing Assistants has a location quotient of 2.25 in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, a gap of 0.80 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 3,070 jobs and a median of $39,070 per year, or $9,990 below Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
7. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a location quotient of 2.21 in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, a gap of 0.76 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 1,400 jobs and a median of $74,340 per year, or $25,280 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
8. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 2.16 in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, a gap of 0.71 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 2,850 jobs and a median of $48,920 per year, or $140 below Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area (51-4031/1900002) | BLS 2025
