How much do Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic make in Longview, TX?

Percentile spread

For Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, the published 10th percentile is $31,070 and the 90th percentile is $48,420. The difference is $17,350, which is 46.2% 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 $37,540 to the 75th at $40,060, covers $2,520.

The mean annual wage is $38,800, which sits above the median of $37,540. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Longview, TX median is 20.4% lower than the national median of $47,180 for Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. In 2024 national prices the local median is $41,951, which is 11.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 23.5% lower than the Texas median of $49,050.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Longview, TX is 89.485, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $37,540 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic at $41,951 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Longview, TX ranks 5th of 6 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).).

• Shreveport-Bossier City, LA is 55 miles away, with a median of $36,910 and employment of 140. That median is 1.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,543, against $41,951 here.
• Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is 136 miles away, with a median of $80,110 and employment of 5,440. That median is 113.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,709, against $41,951 here.
• Monroe, LA is 154 miles away, with a median of $47,210 and employment of 90. That median is 25.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,473, against $41,951 here.

Employment share

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic accounts for 0.37% of wage-and-salary employment in Longview, TX (440 of 118,060). Nationally the occupation is 0.08% of employment (124,590 of 155,495,730). The local share is 4.65 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.