Salary for Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

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These workers install, operate, tend, and test machines that draw or extrude metal or thermoplastic materials into tubes, rods, bars, wires and other shapes. To be considered for this position, completion of high school or its equivalency is usually necessary. Once hired, an employer usually requires up to a year of formal on-site job training before work can begin.

A Metal or Plastic Extruding or Drawing Machine Setter/Operator will most likely earn wages that can range from $26,660 - $54,750 depending on experience and talent. can expect an average pay level of thirty-eight thousand nine hundred and ninety dollars each year.

can get the best pay in South Carolina, which has average job salaries of just about $46,540. People in this job function can make the highest salaries in Manufacturing, where they receive an average salary rate of $39,240.

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