How much do Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic make in Springfield, MA?

Percentile spread

For Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, the published 10th percentile is $40,030 and the 90th percentile is $73,910. The difference is $33,880, which is 56.4% 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 $46,180 to the 75th at $60,110, covers $13,930.

The mean annual wage is $56,590, which sits below the median of $60,110. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Springfield, MA median is 23.3% higher than the national median of $48,750 for Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. In 2024 national prices the local median is $62,575, which is 28.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 22% higher than the Massachusetts median of $49,280.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Springfield, MA is 96.061, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $60,110 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic at $62,575 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Springfield, MA ranks 2nd of 9 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).).

• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 31 miles away, with a median of $46,510 and employment of 160. That median is 22.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $45,267, against $62,575 here.
• Worcester, MA is 38 miles away, with a median of $61,050 and employment of 30. That median is 1.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $59,548, against $62,575 here.
• Waterbury-Shelton, CT is 49 miles away, with a median of $41,600 and employment of 40. That median is 30.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,693, against $62,575 here.

Employment share

Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Springfield, MA (60 of 201,240). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (14,000 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.31 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.