How much do Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers make in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC?

Percentile spread

For Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers, the published 10th percentile is $37,600 and the 90th percentile is $62,060. The difference is $24,460, which is 59.0% 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 $39,210 to the 75th at $51,080, covers $11,870.

The mean annual wage is $46,270, which sits above the median of $41,490. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC median is 10.5% lower 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 $44,489, which is 4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.4% lower than the South Carolina median of $43,380.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC is 93.260, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $41,490 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers at $44,489 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC ranks 9th of 14 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).).

• Spartanburg, SC is 34 miles away, with a median of $48,100 and employment of 100. That median is 15.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,828, against $44,489 here.
• Athens-Clarke County, GA is 69 miles away, with a median of $53,970 and employment of 80. That median is 30.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $57,819, against $44,489 here.
• Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC is 88 miles away, with a median of $42,380 and employment of 500. That median is 2.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,114, against $44,489 here.

Employment share

Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC (170 of 434,900). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (12,850 of 155,495,730). The local share is 4.73 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.