51 Series · SOC 51-9021
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)
Median Salary
$46,890
per year
Median Hourly
$22.54/hr
per hour
Mean Salary
$49,400
average
Employment
28,550
jobs nationwide
Salary Range
Annual Salary Distribution
Hourly Rate Distribution
10th Percentile
$35,380
25th Percentile
$38,990
Median
$46,890
75th Percentile
$58,440
90th Percentile
$65,980
Salary by State
Highest Paying States
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| # | State | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wyoming | $76,350 | +63% above national |
| 2 | Alaska | $66,570 | +42% above national |
| 3 | Nevada | $63,960 | +36% above national |
| 4 | Iowa | $60,210 | +28% above national |
| 5 | Minnesota | $58,150 | +24% above national |
| 6 | West Virginia | $54,310 | +16% above national |
| 7 | Vermont | $53,760 | +15% above national |
| 8 | New York | $53,330 | +14% above national |
| 9 | Maine | $52,880 | +13% above national |
| 10 | Connecticut | $52,860 | +13% above national |
| 11 | Nebraska | $52,620 | +12% above national |
| 12 | Illinois | $51,860 | +11% above national |
| 13 | New Jersey | $50,820 | +8% above national |
| 14 | Utah | $50,440 | +8% above national |
| 15 | Washington | $49,920 | +6% above national |
| 16 | Oregon | $49,820 | +6% above national |
| 17 | Wisconsin | $49,710 | +6% above national |
| 18 | Indiana | $49,290 | +5% above national |
| 19 | Pennsylvania | $49,050 | +5% above national |
| 20 | New Hampshire | $48,780 | +4% above national |
| 21 | Idaho | $48,660 | +4% above national |
| 22 | Massachusetts | $48,630 | +4% above national |
| 23 | South Dakota | $48,320 | +3% above national |
| 24 | Missouri | $48,090 | +3% above national |
| 25 | Arizona | $48,040 | +2% above national |
| 26 | North Dakota | $47,900 | +2% above national |
| 27 | Kentucky | $46,940 | same as national |
| 28 | Michigan | $46,760 | same as national |
| 29 | Montana | $46,490 | 1% below national |
| 30 | Kansas | $46,320 | 1% below national |
| 31 | California | $45,950 | 2% below national |
| 32 | Colorado | $45,930 | 2% below national |
| 33 | Louisiana | $45,460 | 3% below national |
| 34 | Florida | $44,370 | 5% below national |
| 35 | Virginia | $43,680 | 7% below national |
| 36 | North Carolina | $43,380 | 7% below national |
| 37 | New Mexico | $43,240 | 8% below national |
| 38 | Tennessee | $41,600 | 11% below national |
| 39 | Oklahoma | $39,660 | 15% below national |
| 40 | Ohio | $39,570 | 16% below national |
| 41 | Maryland | $39,250 | 16% below national |
| 42 | Texas | $38,580 | 18% below national |
| 43 | Georgia | $38,560 | 18% below national |
| 44 | Arkansas | $37,690 | 20% below national |
| 45 | South Carolina | $37,400 | 20% below national |
| 46 | Alabama | $35,920 | 23% below national |
| 47 | Mississippi | $35,780 | 24% below national |
| 48 | Puerto Rico | $22,940 | 51% below national |
Salary by Metro Area
Highest Paying Metros
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| # | Metro Area | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area | $105,380 | +125% above national |
| 2 | Duluth, MN-WI | $81,770 | +74% above national |
| 3 | Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area | $70,810 | +51% above national |
| 4 | Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area | $70,770 | +51% above national |
| 5 | Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area | $69,060 | +47% above national |
| 6 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $66,640 | +42% above national |
| 7 | Alaska nonmetropolitan area | $66,570 | +42% above national |
| 8 | Wheeling, WV-OH | $65,820 | +40% above national |
| 9 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $64,510 | +38% above national |
| 10 | Omaha, NE-IA | $64,110 | +37% above national |
| 11 | Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $63,490 | +35% above national |
| 12 | Kansas City, MO-KS | $62,960 | +34% above national |
| 13 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $62,730 | +34% above national |
| 14 | Cedar Rapids, IA | $62,640 | +34% above national |
| 15 | Ogden, UT | $62,030 | +32% above national |
| 16 | Pittsfield, MA | $61,640 | +31% above national |
| 17 | South Illinois nonmetropolitan area | $61,030 | +30% above national |
| 18 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $60,830 | +30% above national |
| 19 | Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $60,230 | +28% above national |
| 20 | Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | $60,010 | +28% above national |
| 21 | Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $58,890 | +26% above national |
| 22 | Madison, WI | $58,880 | +26% above national |
| 23 | Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | $58,530 | +25% above national |
| 24 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $58,150 | +24% above national |
| 25 | Salem, OR | $58,130 | +24% above national |
| 26 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $58,000 | +24% above national |
| 27 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $58,000 | +24% above national |
| 28 | Portland-South Portland, ME | $57,320 | +22% above national |
| 29 | Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | $57,110 | +22% above national |
| 30 | Ames, IA | $56,850 | +21% above national |
| 31 | Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area | $56,810 | +21% above national |
| 32 | Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area | $56,520 | +21% above national |
| 33 | Anniston-Oxford, AL | $55,580 | +19% above national |
| 34 | Evansville, IN | $55,540 | +18% above national |
| 35 | Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area | $55,530 | +18% above national |
| 36 | Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | $55,510 | +18% above national |
| 37 | Boise City, ID | $55,420 | +18% above national |
| 38 | Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | $55,000 | +17% above national |
| 39 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $54,530 | +16% above national |
| 40 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $54,120 | +15% above national |
| 41 | Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | $53,910 | +15% above national |
| 42 | Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area | $53,760 | +15% above national |
| 43 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $53,400 | +14% above national |
| 44 | Rochester, NY | $53,330 | +14% above national |
| 45 | Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area | $52,680 | +12% above national |
| 46 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $52,190 | +11% above national |
| 47 | Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $52,150 | +11% above national |
| 48 | Reading, PA | $51,980 | +11% above national |
| 49 | Fargo, ND-MN | $51,770 | +10% above national |
| 50 | Jackson, TN | $51,690 | +10% above national |
| 51 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $51,500 | +10% above national |
| 52 | Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area | $51,390 | +10% above national |
| 53 | New Haven, CT | $51,320 | +9% above national |
| 54 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $51,090 | +9% above national |
| 55 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $51,030 | +9% above national |
| 56 | East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | $50,910 | +9% above national |
| 57 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $50,760 | +8% above national |
| 58 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $50,570 | +8% above national |
| 59 | Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $50,470 | +8% above national |
| 60 | Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $50,430 | +8% above national |
| 61 | Terre Haute, IN | $50,290 | +7% above national |
| 62 | Pittsburgh, PA | $50,270 | +7% above national |
| 63 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $49,770 | +6% above national |
| 64 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $49,540 | +6% above national |
| 65 | Wichita, KS | $49,360 | +5% above national |
| 66 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $49,300 | +5% above national |
| 67 | Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area | $49,300 | +5% above national |
| 68 | St. Cloud, MN | $49,250 | +5% above national |
| 69 | Worcester, MA | $49,230 | +5% above national |
| 70 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $49,060 | +5% above national |
| 71 | Salinas, CA | $49,050 | +5% above national |
| 72 | Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $49,010 | +5% above national |
| 73 | North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area | $48,930 | +4% above national |
| 74 | St. Louis, MO-IL | $48,880 | +4% above national |
| 75 | Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $48,770 | +4% above national |
| 76 | Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $48,750 | +4% above national |
| 77 | St. Joseph, MO-KS | $48,610 | +4% above national |
| 78 | Boulder, CO | $48,600 | +4% above national |
| 79 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $48,600 | +4% above national |
| 80 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $48,580 | +4% above national |
| 81 | Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $48,520 | +3% above national |
| 82 | East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area | $48,320 | +3% above national |
| 83 | Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $48,300 | +3% above national |
| 84 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $48,280 | +3% above national |
| 85 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $48,160 | +3% above national |
| 86 | High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area | $48,100 | +3% above national |
| 87 | Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area | $47,880 | +2% above national |
| 88 | East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area | $47,720 | +2% above national |
| 89 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $47,690 | +2% above national |
| 90 | Lancaster, PA | $47,660 | +2% above national |
| 91 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $47,570 | +1% above national |
| 92 | Joplin, MO-KS | $47,460 | +1% above national |
| 93 | Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area | $47,260 | +1% above national |
| 94 | East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | $47,110 | same as national |
| 95 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $46,900 | same as national |
| 96 | Greensboro-High Point, NC | $46,600 | 1% below national |
| 97 | Eugene-Springfield, OR | $46,560 | 1% below national |
| 98 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $46,550 | 1% below national |
| 99 | Napa, CA | $46,320 | 1% below national |
| 100 | Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $46,300 | 1% below national |
| 101 | Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area | $46,210 | 1% below national |
| 102 | South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $46,150 | 2% below national |
| 103 | Central East New York nonmetropolitan area | $46,090 | 2% below national |
| 104 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $46,050 | 2% below national |
| 105 | Greeley, CO | $46,010 | 2% below national |
| 106 | Springfield, MA | $45,900 | 2% below national |
| 107 | Altoona, PA | $45,830 | 2% below national |
| 108 | Fort Wayne, IN | $45,770 | 2% below national |
| 109 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $45,740 | 2% below national |
| 110 | Stockton-Lodi, CA | $45,720 | 2% below national |
| 111 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $45,680 | 3% below national |
| 112 | Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $45,650 | 3% below national |
| 113 | Columbus, OH | $45,540 | 3% below national |
| 114 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $45,470 | 3% below national |
| 115 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $45,260 | 3% below national |
| 116 | Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $45,100 | 4% below national |
| 117 | Elkhart-Goshen, IN | $45,060 | 4% below national |
| 118 | Bakersfield-Delano, CA | $45,020 | 4% below national |
| 119 | Fresno, CA | $45,020 | 4% below national |
| 120 | Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $45,000 | 4% below national |
| 121 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $44,930 | 4% below national |
| 122 | Baton Rouge, LA | $44,920 | 4% below national |
| 123 | Kansas nonmetropolitan area | $44,870 | 4% below national |
| 124 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | $44,530 | 5% below national |
| 125 | Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $44,470 | 5% below national |
| 126 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $44,380 | 5% below national |
| 127 | Jacksonville, FL | $44,100 | 6% below national |
| 128 | Great Falls, MT | $44,010 | 6% below national |
| 129 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $43,950 | 6% below national |
| 130 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $43,740 | 7% below national |
| 131 | Toledo, OH | $43,440 | 7% below national |
| 132 | West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $43,410 | 7% below national |
| 133 | Amarillo, TX | $43,400 | 7% below national |
| 134 | Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | $43,230 | 8% below national |
| 135 | Modesto, CA | $43,140 | 8% below national |
| 136 | North Missouri nonmetropolitan area | $43,000 | 8% below national |
| 137 | Richmond, VA | $42,920 | 8% below national |
| 138 | Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | $42,840 | 9% below national |
| 139 | Winston-Salem, NC | $42,810 | 9% below national |
| 140 | Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $42,680 | 9% below national |
| 141 | Syracuse, NY | $42,330 | 10% below national |
| 142 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | $42,120 | 10% below national |
| 143 | Knoxville, TN | $42,060 | 10% below national |
| 144 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $41,910 | 11% below national |
| 145 | West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | $41,600 | 11% below national |
| 146 | Billings, MT | $41,410 | 12% below national |
| 147 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $41,230 | 12% below national |
| 148 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $41,090 | 12% below national |
| 149 | Canton-Massillon, OH | $40,430 | 14% below national |
| 150 | Jonesboro, AR | $40,010 | 15% below national |
| 151 | Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $39,980 | 15% below national |
| 152 | East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area | $39,830 | 15% below national |
| 153 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $39,570 | 16% below national |
| 154 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $39,520 | 16% below national |
| 155 | North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) | $39,490 | 16% below national |
| 156 | Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $39,470 | 16% below national |
| 157 | Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | $38,970 | 17% below national |
| 158 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $38,960 | 17% below national |
| 159 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $38,950 | 17% below national |
| 160 | Merced, CA | $38,870 | 17% below national |
| 161 | Birmingham, AL | $38,860 | 17% below national |
| 162 | Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | $38,760 | 17% below national |
| 163 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $38,590 | 18% below national |
| 164 | Cleveland, OH | $38,420 | 18% below national |
| 165 | Pueblo, CO | $38,180 | 19% below national |
| 166 | Oklahoma City, OK | $38,100 | 19% below national |
| 167 | North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $38,070 | 19% below national |
| 168 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $38,040 | 19% below national |
| 169 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | $37,820 | 19% below national |
| 170 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | $37,690 | 20% below national |
| 171 | Jackson, MS | $37,550 | 20% below national |
| 172 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $37,440 | 20% below national |
| 173 | Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $37,440 | 20% below national |
| 174 | North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | $37,310 | 20% below national |
| 175 | Columbia, SC | $37,060 | 21% below national |
| 176 | South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area | $36,660 | 22% below national |
| 177 | Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area | $36,560 | 22% below national |
| 178 | South Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $36,360 | 22% below national |
| 179 | North Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $36,280 | 23% below national |
| 180 | Savannah, GA | $36,010 | 23% below national |
| 181 | Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $35,960 | 23% below national |
| 182 | Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area | $35,950 | 23% below national |
| 183 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | $35,920 | 23% below national |
| 184 | Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area | $35,200 | 25% below national |
| 185 | Tulsa, OK | $35,150 | 25% below national |
| 186 | Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area | $35,060 | 25% below national |
| 187 | North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area | $34,860 | 26% below national |
| 188 | East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area | $34,700 | 26% below national |
| 189 | Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $33,950 | 28% below national |
| 190 | San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR | $22,620 | 52% below national |
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