How much do Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic make in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC?

Percentile spread

For Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, the published 10th percentile is $35,650 and the 90th percentile is $78,170. The difference is $42,520, which is 88.0% 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 $41,350 to the 75th at $58,360, covers $17,010.

The mean annual wage is $51,320, which sits above the median of $48,320. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC median is 1.4% 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 $49,336, which is 0.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 10.9% lower than the Virginia median of $54,230.

Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Virginia, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC is 97.941, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $48,320 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic at $49,336 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC ranks 2nd of 2 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).).

• Richmond, VA is 70 miles away, with a median of $54,230 and employment of 70. That median is 12.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $55,417, against $49,336 here.