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

Percentile spread

For Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, the published 10th percentile is $35,430 and the 90th percentile is $57,550. The difference is $22,120, which is 55.2% 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 $35,430 to the 75th at $47,390, covers $11,960.

The mean annual wage is $43,120, which sits above the median of $40,100. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Niles, MI median is 15% 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 $43,412, which is 8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 12.7% lower than the Michigan median of $45,920.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Niles, MI is 92.370, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $40,100 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic at $43,412 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

34 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Niles, MI ranks 33rd of 35 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).).

• South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI is 32 miles away, with a median of $46,560 and employment of 220. That median is 16.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,141, against $43,412 here.
• Elkhart-Goshen, IN is 47 miles away, with a median of $47,940 and employment of 290. That median is 19.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,075, against $43,412 here.
• Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 57 miles away, with a median of $45,030 and employment of 5,460. That median is 12.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,467, against $43,412 here.

Employment share

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic accounts for 0.28% of wage-and-salary employment in Niles, MI (170 of 59,970). Nationally the occupation is 0.08% of employment (124,590 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.54 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.