Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,731
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$7,779
17.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,916
West Virginia costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in West Virginia — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$44,510
Kept after tax
$36,731
Worth in national money
$40,916
State rank
41
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in West Virginia. The middle earner gets $44,510. That is 41 of 46 states, and about 6.73% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 473 occupations West Virginia reports figures for, this is number 302.
- West Virginia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $44,510 the take-home is $36,731; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $40,916 would nationally. The average comes to $44,760, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic, West Virginia sits in the lower band at $44,510, ranking 41 of 46 and trailing the national median by about 6.73%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In West Virginia's occupational distribution, extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic sits at 302 of 473 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in West Virginia, on $44,510, is $36,731 — equivalent to $40,916 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $44,760 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,790 |
| This salary | $44,510 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in West Virginia | $36,731 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,944 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,869 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $43,001 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,261 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in West Virginia earn less than $44,510. The published range is $36,270 up to $56,790, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $36,731 take-home in West Virginia comes from $44,510. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 302 of 473.
- Two cautions on $40,916, the adjusted value of that $44,510 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of West Virginia. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 302 of 473 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in West Virginia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,270 to $56,790. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $36,731, from $44,510, assumes a single West Virginia filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 302 of 473 locally, and the state ranks 41 of 46 for it.
- This $40,916 adjusted figure, worked from $44,510, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 302 of 473 in the state. The occupation ranks 302 of 473 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $36,270 at the bottom tenth to $56,790 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $40,916.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and West Virginia's own levy, $36,731 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,270 to $56,790) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to West Virginia rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
West Virginia's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $40,916 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $36,731 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and West Virginia income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.