How much do Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic make in Pittsburgh, PA?

Percentile spread

For Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, the published 10th percentile is $45,520 and the 90th percentile is $72,190. The difference is $26,670, which is 43.4% 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 $49,260 to the 75th at $61,500, covers $12,240.

The mean annual wage is $58,210, which sits below the median of $61,480. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Pittsburgh, PA median is 25.4% higher 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 $64,941, which is 32.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 22.3% higher than the Pennsylvania median of $50,280.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Pittsburgh, PA is 94.671, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $61,480 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic at $64,941 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. Pittsburgh, PA ranks 1st 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).).

• Canton-Massillon, OH is 75 miles away, with a median of $55,430 and employment of 40. That median is 9.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,998, against $64,941 here.
• Erie, PA is 114 miles away, with a median of $55,250 and employment of 50. That median is 10.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $60,748, against $64,941 here.
• Cleveland, OH is 116 miles away, with a median of $59,670 and employment of 100. That median is 2.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,531, against $64,941 here.