How much do Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make in Greensboro-High Point, NC?

Percentile spread

For Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $32,220 and the 90th percentile is $65,240. The difference is $33,020, which is 70.1% 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 $36,980 to the 75th at $55,600, covers $18,620.

The mean annual wage is $47,180, which sits above the median of $47,120. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Greensboro-High Point, NC median is 3% 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 $50,740, which is 10.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.5% higher than the North Carolina median of $43,050.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Greensboro-High Point, NC is 92.865, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,120 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders at $50,740 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

11 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Greensboro-High Point, NC ranks 4th of 12 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).).

• Winston-Salem, NC is 31 miles away, with a median of $45,600 and employment of 190. That median is 3.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,542, against $50,740 here.
• Durham-Chapel Hill, NC is 39 miles away, with a median of $37,650 and employment of 120. That median is 20.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,587, against $50,740 here.
• Raleigh-Cary, NC is 77 miles away, with a median of $41,620 and employment of 260. That median is 11.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,401, against $50,740 here.

Employment share

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Greensboro-High Point, NC (210 of 365,410). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (58,770 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.52 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.