How much do Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic make in Reno, NV?

Percentile spread

For Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, the published 10th percentile is $41,950 and the 90th percentile is $56,840. The difference is $14,890, which is 28.2% 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 $51,740 to the 75th at $52,800, covers $1,060.

The mean annual wage is $51,450, which sits below the median of $52,800. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Reno, NV median is about the same as the national median of $52,800 for Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. In 2024 national prices the local median is $52,270, which is 1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Nevada median of $52,800.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Reno, NV is 101.014, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $52,800 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic at $52,270 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 Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Reno, NV 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).).

• Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is 127 miles away, with a median of $54,120 and employment of 50. That median is 2.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,736, against $52,270 here.

Employment share

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Reno, NV (70 of 275,680). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (12,460 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.17 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.