Salary guide, May 2025

Die Setter (Stamping) pay in Dover, DE

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The median annual wage for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Dover, DE was $41,640 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2025). The middle half of workers earned between $39,860 and $48,380.

The Dover, DE median is $4,690 below the national median of $46,330, both from BLS May 2025.

Broader occupation · SOC 51-4031 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

The Die Setter (Stamping) title maps to the published occupation. BLS does not separate this process, credential, shift or plant-specific title from other work in the occupation.

What should you know about dover, DE?

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Dover, DE: median $41,640; published 25th to 75th percentile $39,860 to $48,380.

Annual wage percentiles, Dover, DE
10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
$39,860	$39,860	$41,640	$48,380	$57,860

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Dover, DE: median $20.02; published 25th to 75th percentile $19.16 to $23.26.

Hourly wage percentiles, Dover, DE
10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
$19.16	$19.16	$20.02	$23.26	$27.82

What should you know about united States?

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in U.S.: median $46,330; published 25th to 75th percentile $38,870 to $55,410.

Annual wage percentiles, U.S.
10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
$35,760	$38,870	$46,330	$55,410	$65,510

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in U.S.: median $22.27; published 25th to 75th percentile $18.69 to $26.64.

Hourly wage percentiles, U.S.
10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
$17.19	$18.69	$22.27	$26.64	$31.50

What should you know about role pay against all occupations here?

The published Die Setter (Stamping) median is $41,640. The all-occupations median in Dover, DE is $46,690. Ratio: 0.89 (role median divided by all-occupations median, same units, BLS May 2025).

What should you know about two BLS releases?

Die Setter (Stamping) in Dover, DE, annual wages, May 2024 and May 2025
Release period	25th	Median	75th
May 2024	$35,980	$35,980	$44,920
May 2025	$39,860	$41,640	$48,380

These are two separate BLS estimates from different survey panels. The workers and employers behind them differ, so the gap is not like-for-like pay for the same workers and is not a growth rate. We show no percentage change.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. SOC 51-4031 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, Dover, DE. Official occupation data · Official area tables. Released 2026-05-15.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. SOC 51-4031 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, U.S.. Official occupation data · Official area tables. Released 2026-05-15.

What should you know about nearby areas?

Nearby areas, Die Setter (Stamping)
Area	Median	25th to 75th
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$49,000	$43,450 to $60,130
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$49,000	$40,680 to $50,190

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