Pay · Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders · Texas
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine operator salary in Texas: $37,710 a year
What extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders earn in Texas, from the 2025 federal wage survey: 43rd of 45 states and 18% below the U.S. median. Starting pay, the paycheck, the states around it and the jobs next to this one.
Texas at a look
Median pay, the state’s place among the states, and how many people do the work here.
Starting pay to top pay in Texas
Where most start, the middle, and the best-paid tenth — against the same points for the U.S.
Texas U.S.: $34,630 – $63,450
Texas and its neighbouring states
Neighbouring states on the map, not in the ranking — the move people actually weigh.
The paycheck at the median in Texas
$37,710 a year before tax. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare take $5,230 of it (13.9%) at 2026 rates.
- A month $2,707 $3,143 before tax
- Every two weeks $1,249 $1,450 before tax
- A week $625 $725 before tax
- A year $32,480 $37,710 before tax
- Take-home $32,480
- Federal income tax $2,345
- Medicare $547
A single filer taking the standard deduction, before state and local income taxes and before deductions such as retirement or health insurance. Some public employees, many teachers among them, pay into a state pension instead of Social Security. Rates: IRS, Rev. Proc. 2025-32: tax year 2026 inflation adjustments, SSA, 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustment Fact Sheet.
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Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine operator pay in Texas: questions
What is the average extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine operator salary in Texas?
The median is $37,710 a year: half of the 3,420 extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders in Texas earn more, half less. The lowest-paid tenth earn under $32,860, the best-paid tenth over $54,400.
What is the starting salary for extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders in Texas?
Most start around $32,860 a year — the pay of the lowest-paid tenth.
What rank is Texas for extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine operator pay?
43rd of 45 states. Maine pays the most, $57,990.
Do extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders earn more in Texas or Arkansas?
Texas: $37,710 against $48,320 in Arkansas — $10,610 less a year.
How much is an extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine operator paycheck in Texas?
At the median, about $2,707 a month after federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare, from $3,143 before tax — for a single filer, before state income tax.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025, state estimates. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”