The median annual wage for Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC is $52,150 (May 2024 BLS OES). The mean (average) is $52,510.
Pay spans roughly $44,040 at the 10th percentile to $57,640 at the 90th, so experience and specialisation move this figure a lot. At the median that is about $25.07 per hour. An estimated 1,400 people work as extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC.
| Median (annual) | $52,150 |
| Mean (annual) | $52,510 |
| Median (hourly) | $25.07 |
| 10th percentile | $44,040 |
| 90th percentile | $57,640 |
| Employment | 1,400 |
Updated 2026-07-23.
Source: BLS OES May 2024 — bls.gov/oes. Checked 2026-07-23.