Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary — Louisville, Kentucky
The average Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Louisville, Kentucky earns $50,980 a year.
$50,980/ year, mean
↓ 2.3% below national average100th percentile in Kentucky
Louisville sits at the very top of the range for this role in Kentucky — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's close to the national average for heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.
Cost of living93#124 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index1461#33 safest of 188 cities in this datasetPer 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value$283,232#114 priciest of 188 cities in this datasetSource: zillow_real
Median household income$71,737#95 highest of 188 cities in this datasetSource: Census Bureau ACS 5-year
Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone:
Louisville ranks #124 for cost of living and #114 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.
This metro area spans more than one state — where you actually pay income tax depends
on where you work, not just where BLS assigns the area. Choose your work state:
Gross salary
50,980/yr
Estimated take-home
40,354/yr
Est. total withheld
20.8%
Single filer, federal + state tax (where the selected state levies one) + FICA,
2026 rates,
for whichever state you select above. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings
beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional.
Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.
Occupation51-4191
SOC code
Official areaLouisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
BLS metro/geographic area
Area code31140
Stable geographic key
Reference year2025
BLS OEWS
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.
