How much do Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make in Appleton, WI?

Percentile spread

For Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $39,110 and the 90th percentile is $64,550. The difference is $25,440, which is 46.6% 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 $47,340 to the 75th at $64,550, covers $17,210.

The mean annual wage is $54,630, which sits above the median of $54,630. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Appleton, WI median is 19.4% higher than the national median of $45,760 for Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $59,111, which is 29.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 17.8% higher than the Wisconsin median of $46,370.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Appleton, WI is 92.419, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $54,630 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders at $59,111 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

6 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Appleton, WI ranks 2nd of 7 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).).

• Oshkosh-Neenah, WI is 20 miles away, with a median of $72,500 and employment of 100. That median is 32.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $78,017, against $59,111 here.
• Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI is 99 miles away, with a median of $40,000 and employment of 240. That median is 26.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,264, against $59,111 here.
• Madison, WI is 103 miles away, with a median of $46,900 and employment of 260. That median is 14.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,208, against $59,111 here.

Employment share

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Appleton, WI (30 of 124,230). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (58,770 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.64 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.