How much do Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic make in Waterbury-Shelton, CT?

Percentile spread

For Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, the published 10th percentile is $34,680 and the 90th percentile is $60,160. The difference is $25,480, which is 65.6% 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 $36,690 to the 75th at $46,420, covers $9,730.

The mean annual wage is $43,120, which sits above the median of $38,840. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Waterbury-Shelton, CT median is 17.7% 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 $38,926, which is 17.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8.8% lower than the Connecticut median of $42,580.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Waterbury-Shelton, CT is 99.778, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $38,840 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic at $38,926 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

22 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Waterbury-Shelton, CT ranks 22nd of 23 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).).

• New Haven, CT is 20 miles away, with a median of $47,560 and employment of 590. That median is 22.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $45,486, against $38,926 here.
• Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT is 24 miles away, with a median of $40,780 and employment of 220. That median is 5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,161, against $38,926 here.
• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 30 miles away, with a median of $40,140 and employment of 570. That median is 3.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,067, against $38,926 here.

Employment share

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic accounts for 0.19% of wage-and-salary employment in Waterbury-Shelton, CT (310 of 160,710). Nationally the occupation is 0.08% of employment (124,590 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.41 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.