How much do Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic make in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV?

Percentile spread

For Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, the published 10th percentile is $37,390 and the 90th percentile is $52,480. The difference is $15,090, which is 37.6% 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 $37,390 to the 75th at $52,480, covers $15,090.

The mean annual wage is $45,110, which sits above the median of $40,080. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV median is 18.3% lower than the national median of $49,030 for Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. In 2024 national prices the local median is $42,561, which is 13.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 19.7% lower than the Maryland median of $49,920.

Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Maryland, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV is 94.171, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $40,080 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic at $42,561 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV ranks 5th of 5 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).).

• Pittsburgh, PA is 118 miles away, with a median of $61,480. That median is 53.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,941, against $42,561 here.
• Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 144 miles away, with a median of $63,880 and employment of 190. That median is 59.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,289, against $42,561 here.
• Richmond, VA is 151 miles away, with a median of $54,230 and employment of 70. That median is 35.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $55,417, against $42,561 here.