How much do Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic make in Lansing-East Lansing, MI?

Percentile spread

For Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, the published 10th percentile is $36,230 and the 90th percentile is $49,110. The difference is $12,880, which is 35.5% 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 $36,230 to the 75th at $45,770, covers $9,540.

The mean annual wage is $41,260, which sits above the median of $36,330. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Lansing-East Lansing, MI median is 17.4% lower than the national median of $43,960 for Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. In 2024 national prices the local median is $38,246, which is 13% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.4% lower than the Michigan median of $37,600.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lansing-East Lansing, MI is 94.991, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $36,330 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic at $38,246 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

17 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Lansing-East Lansing, MI ranks 14th of 18 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).).

• Jackson, MI is 33 miles away, with a median of $41,190 and employment of 80. That median is 13.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,880, against $38,246 here.
• Battle Creek, MI is 39 miles away, with a median of $39,070 and employment of 90. That median is 7.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,152, against $38,246 here.
• Ann Arbor, MI is 50 miles away, with a median of $37,450 and employment of 50. That median is 3.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,123, against $38,246 here.

Employment share

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Lansing-East Lansing, MI (100 of 217,180). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (32,410 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.21 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.