Occupation / job
Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic
Median annual pay. Half earn less than this.
Hourly at a standard 2,080-hour year. We do not yet have unpaid-time or cost data for this, so this is not an adjusted figure.
The middle half. A quarter earn below this range.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 · view
What this figure cannot tell you
It covers people EMPLOYED in this occupation. Anyone who trained for it and was never hired is not in the median above, and neither is anyone doing the work self-employed. No verified count of qualified people exists for this occupation, so this page shows none rather than an estimate. Why that matters · The occupations where we could source it
Who this suits
The $63,870 midpoint sits $6.65 an hour above the $50,020 typical American job. That is a 28% premium, and premiums are rationed: whatever rations this one is the thing standing between you and Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic.
National employment of 5,970 makes this a small field. Small fields are relationship markets: the people already in Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic tend to know who is hiring before the posting exists.
This work suits people who like setting a machine up properly and then producing consistently, which is a different skill from making one good part.
No verified preparation time is on file for Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic. The wage survey behind every figure on this page asks employers what they pay, not what they required, so the honest answer here is that we do not know.
Who should not do this
$50,910 to $79,470 — 1.6x, or $2,380 a month between the quarters. An unremarkable spread, which means the useful planning number for Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic is the bottom of it rather than the middle.
The bottom quarter of Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic still clears $50,910 — $890 above the $50,020 typical job. A high floor is the most valuable and least advertised property an occupation can have.
Avoid it if you could not move should the plant go, because these jobs are concentrated where the plants are.
There is no failure rate on this page because there is nothing honest to divide by. BLS counted 5,970 people employed as Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic; it did not count the people who trained for it and are doing something else, and a rate built without that denominator would be a number we made up.
What the spread tells you
A 1.6x ratio is the most common shape in this data: some room to move, none of it quick. Read $63,870 as where you might be after years in Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic, and $50,910 as where you would start.
In cash terms the middle half of Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic runs $50,910 to $79,470 — $28,560 a year between the 25th and 75th percentiles, against a midpoint of $63,870.
Getting to $79,470, the 75th percentile, is worth $15,600 a year more than the $63,870 midpoint and $28,560 more than the $50,910 a quarter of Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic settle for.
The climb from $63,870 to $79,470 is $15,600; the drop to $50,910 is $12,960. A little more room above the midpoint than below it is the normal shape for Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic and for most paid work, and it is the reason the median is the honest summary rather than the average.
Per hour at a standard full-time year that is $30.70 at the midpoint for Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic, $24.47 at the 25th percentile and $38.20 at the 75th, against $24.04 for the typical American job.
What these figures are, and what they are not
This is payroll data: it comes from employers, about people they employ. Anyone doing the work of Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic for themselves is not in it, and there is no reason to assume $63,870 describes them.
The hourly number on this page is $63,870 divided by a 2,080-hour year and nothing more. We hold no unpaid-hours or cost data for Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic, so it is arithmetic rather than an effective rate.
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