How much do Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic make in Battle Creek, MI?

Percentile spread

For Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, the published 10th percentile is $31,830 and the 90th percentile is $53,630. The difference is $21,800, which is 55.2% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $36,690 to the 75th at $47,240, covers $10,550.

The mean annual wage is $42,320, which sits above the median of $39,510. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Battle Creek, MI median is 14.7% lower than the national median of $46,330 for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. In 2024 national prices the local median is $43,638, which is 5.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 14.3% lower than the Michigan median of $46,120.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Battle Creek, MI is 90.541, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $39,510 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic at $43,638 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

35 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Battle Creek, MI ranks 32nd of 36 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Kalamazoo-Portage, MI is 27 miles away, with a median of $44,440 and employment of 280. That median is 12.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,858, against $43,638 here.
• Jackson, MI is 30 miles away, with a median of $44,840 and employment of 240. That median is 13.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,856, against $43,638 here.
• Lansing-East Lansing, MI is 39 miles away, with a median of $48,200 and employment of 450. That median is 22% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,742, against $43,638 here.

Employment share

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic accounts for 0.18% of wage-and-salary employment in Battle Creek, MI (100 of 54,600). Nationally the occupation is 0.11% of employment (171,200 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.66 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.