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

Percentile spread

For Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, the published 10th percentile is $36,050 and the 90th percentile is $53,990. The difference is $17,940, which is 41.0% 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 $37,230 to the 75th at $45,040, covers $7,810.

The mean annual wage is $43,200, which sits below the median of $43,710. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Visalia, CA median is 5.7% 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 $43,787, which is 5.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.8% lower than the California median of $48,450.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Visalia, CA is 99.825, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $43,710 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic at $43,787 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

9 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Visalia, CA ranks 10th of 10 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).).

• Bakersfield-Delano, CA is 61 miles away, with a median of $46,060 and employment of 60. That median is 5.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $45,655, against $43,787 here.
• Fresno, CA is 67 miles away, with a median of $48,100 and employment of 190. That median is 10% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,084, against $43,787 here.
• Merced, CA is 127 miles away, with a median of $45,130 and employment of 40. That median is 3.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $45,922, against $43,787 here.

Employment share

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Visalia, CA (80 of 171,140). Nationally the occupation is 0.11% of employment (171,200 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.42 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.