How much do Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic make in Wichita, KS?

Percentile spread

For Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, the published 10th percentile is $47,560 and the 90th percentile is $58,810. The difference is $11,250, which is 21.7% 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 $48,320 to the 75th at $52,100, covers $3,780.

The mean annual wage is $52,420, which sits above the median of $51,800. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Wichita, KS median is 5.6% 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 $58,238, which is 18.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.3% higher than the Kansas median of $51,120.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Wichita, KS is 88.946, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $51,800 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic at $58,238 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.