Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary — Flint, Michigan

The average Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Flint, Michigan earns $41,510 a year.

$41,510 / year, mean
↓ 16.9% below national average 20th percentile in Michigan

Flint pays below most of Michigan for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's noticeably below the national average for extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a reasonably reliable estimate, though the underlying sample is moderate in size.

Percentile within Michigan

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
60
Estimate confidence
RSE 7.2%
Cost of living 93 #125 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1688 #77 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $197,858 #166 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $60,673 #162 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Flint ranks #125 for cost of living and #166 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Pittsburgh $67,380 Allentown $57,660 Reading $56,300 San Francisco $55,830 Harrisburg $54,170 New York $53,720 Staunton $53,510 Kankakee $52,870 Lancaster $52,840 Portland $52,780 Dallas $52,410 Seattle $52,250 Fort Wayne $52,070 Terre Haute $52,020 Scranton $51,720 Philadelphia $51,690 Louisville $51,660 Evansville $50,460 York $50,240 Bloomington $49,780 Chicago $49,670 Virginia Beach $49,620 Syracuse $49,360 San Diego $49,330 Richmond $49,280 Rochester $48,300 Indianapolis $47,760 Elkhart $47,380 Stockton $47,330 Baltimore $47,250 Kiryas Joel $47,060 El Paso $46,700 Los Angeles $46,550 Detroit $46,510 Midland $46,290 Buffalo $46,260 Utica $46,100 Riverside $45,460 Oxnard $45,450 Erie $45,380 Lynchburg $45,080 Visalia $44,500 Orlando $44,490 Grand Rapids $44,480 Jackson $43,560 Modesto $43,540 Houston $43,510 Tampa $43,400 Fresno $43,340 Roanoke $43,220 Flint $41,510 San Antonio $41,030 Jacksonville $40,920 Miami $39,780
CityMean salaryvs. Flint
Allentown, Pennsylvania$57,660+38.9%
Baltimore, Maryland$47,250+13.8%
Bloomington, Indiana$49,780+19.9%
Buffalo, New York$46,260+11.4%
Chicago, Illinois$49,670+19.7%
Dallas, Texas$52,410+26.3%
Detroit, Michigan$46,510+12.0%
Elkhart, Indiana$47,380+14.1%
El Paso, Texas$46,700+12.5%
Erie, Pennsylvania$45,380+9.3%
Evansville, Indiana$50,460+21.6%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$52,070+25.4%
Fresno, California$43,340+4.4%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$44,480+7.2%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$54,170+30.5%
Houston, Texas$43,510+4.8%
Indianapolis, Indiana$47,760+15.1%
Jackson, Michigan$43,560+4.9%
Jacksonville, Florida$40,920-1.4%
Kankakee, Illinois$52,870+27.4%
Kiryas Joel, New York$47,060+13.4%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$52,840+27.3%
Los Angeles, California$46,550+12.1%
Louisville, Kentucky$51,660+24.5%
Lynchburg, Virginia$45,080+8.6%
Miami, Florida$39,780-4.2%
Midland, Michigan$46,290+11.5%
Modesto, California$43,540+4.9%
New York, New York$53,720+29.4%
Orlando, Florida$44,490+7.2%
Oxnard, California$45,450+9.5%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$51,690+24.5%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$67,380+62.3%
Portland, Oregon$52,780+27.2%
Reading, Pennsylvania$56,300+35.6%
Richmond, Virginia$49,280+18.7%
Riverside, California$45,460+9.5%
Roanoke, Virginia$43,220+4.1%
Rochester, New York$48,300+16.4%
San Antonio, Texas$41,030-1.2%
San Diego, California$49,330+18.8%
San Francisco, California$55,830+34.5%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$51,720+24.6%
Seattle, Washington$52,250+25.9%
Staunton, Virginia$53,510+28.9%
Stockton, California$47,330+14.0%
Syracuse, New York$49,360+18.9%
Tampa, Florida$43,400+4.6%
Terre Haute, Indiana$52,020+25.3%
Utica, New York$46,100+11.1%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$49,620+19.5%
Visalia, California$44,500+7.2%
York, Pennsylvania$50,240+21.0%
Gross salary
41,510/yr
Estimated take-home
33,659/yr
Est. total withheld
18.9%

Single filer, federal + Michigan state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 51-4021 SOC code
Official area Flint, MI BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 22420 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: mi_treasury_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
404,087