How much do Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic make in Sandusky, OH?

Percentile spread

For Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, the published 10th percentile is $39,600 and the 90th percentile is $80,580. The difference is $40,980, which is 74.8% 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 $45,210 to the 75th at $63,500, covers $18,290.

The mean annual wage is $55,300, which sits above the median of $54,770. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Sandusky, OH median is 18.2% higher 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 $61,346, which is 32.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 21.1% higher than the Ohio median of $45,230.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sandusky, OH is 89.281, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $54,770 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic at $61,346 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

29 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Sandusky, OH ranks 3rd of 30 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).).

• Monroe, MI is 45 miles away, with a median of $38,410 and employment of 260. That median is 29.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,084, against $61,346 here.
• Toledo, OH is 46 miles away, with a median of $45,500 and employment of 850. That median is 16.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,751, against $61,346 here.
• Mansfield, OH is 53 miles away, with a median of $38,200 and employment of 280. That median is 30.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,983, against $61,346 here.

Employment share

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic accounts for 0.40% of wage-and-salary employment in Sandusky, OH (200 of 50,100). Nationally the occupation is 0.11% of employment (171,200 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.63 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.