SOC 51-6091 · Production Occupations · May 2025
How much do Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers make in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is $50,790. The 10th percentile is $48,150 and the 90th percentile is $59,300. Employment was not published.
Median annual wage
$50,790
- 10th percentile
- $48,150
- 25th percentile
- $50,790
- Median
- $50,790
- 75th percentile
- $56,200
- 90th percentile
- $59,300
- Mean
- $52,300
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers, the published 10th percentile is $48,150 and the 90th percentile is $59,300. The difference is $11,150, which is 22.0% 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 $50,790 to the 75th at $56,200, covers $5,410.
The mean annual wage is $52,300, which sits above the median of $50,790. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD median is 9.6% higher than the national median of $46,350 for Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $48,609, which is 4.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is about the same as the Maryland median of $50,790.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 104.487, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $50,790 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers at $48,609 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD ranks 2nd of 3 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).).
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 77 miles away, with a median of $61,040 and employment of 70. That median is 20.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $59,520, against $48,609 here.
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 176 miles away, with a median of $47,930. That median is 5.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,581, against $48,609 here.
Highest-paying jobs in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD · Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers make in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is $50,790. The 10th percentile is $48,150 and the 90th percentile is $59,300.
How does that compare with the national median for Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers?
The local median is 9.6% higher than the national median of $46,350.
What is Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers pay in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 104.487, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $50,790 is $48,609. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD compare with nearby metros for Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers?
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 77 miles away, at $61,040. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD ranks 2nd of 3 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.