51 Series · SOC 51-9032

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$45,700

per year

Median Hourly

$21.97/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$46,420

average

Employment

47,540

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$34,890$38,540$45,700$52,000$60,430
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$16.77$18.53$21.97$25.00$29.05
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$34,890

25th Percentile

$38,540

Median

$45,700

75th Percentile

$52,000

90th Percentile

$60,430

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. Minnesota $56,430 2. Illinois $52,360 3. Iowa $52,310 4. New Hampshire $52,270 5. Colorado $51,140

Lowest Paying States

44. Puerto Rico $21,860 45. New Mexico $32,270 46. Oklahoma $36,150 47. West Virginia $37,440 48. Alabama $37,450
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Minnesota $56,430 +23% above national
2 Illinois $52,360 +15% above national
3 Iowa $52,310 +14% above national
4 New Hampshire $52,270 +14% above national
5 Colorado $51,140 +12% above national
6 Wisconsin $50,750 +11% above national
7 Missouri $50,270 +10% above national
8 Maine $49,000 +7% above national
9 Oregon $48,860 +7% above national
10 Washington $48,270 +6% above national
11 Nevada $48,000 +5% above national
12 Mississippi $47,790 +5% above national
13 Pennsylvania $47,580 +4% above national
14 Idaho $47,280 +3% above national
15 North Dakota $47,050 +3% above national
16 New York $46,850 +3% above national
17 Nebraska $46,820 +2% above national
18 Kansas $46,620 +2% above national
19 South Carolina $46,450 +2% above national
20 Kentucky $46,210 +1% above national
21 New Jersey $45,990 +1% above national
22 Montana $45,910 same as national
23 Arkansas $45,830 same as national
24 Indiana $45,540 same as national
25 Arizona $45,320 1% below national
26 Ohio $45,280 1% below national
27 Utah $44,830 2% below national
28 Michigan $44,310 3% below national
29 California $44,230 3% below national
30 Virginia $44,080 4% below national
31 Tennessee $43,720 4% below national
32 Vermont $43,720 4% below national
33 Maryland $43,690 4% below national
34 South Dakota $43,570 5% below national
35 North Carolina $43,140 6% below national
36 Connecticut $41,950 8% below national
37 Florida $41,870 8% below national
38 Massachusetts $41,570 9% below national
39 Texas $40,620 11% below national
40 Rhode Island $40,230 12% below national
41 Louisiana $40,060 12% below national
42 Georgia $39,730 13% below national
43 Alaska $39,350 14% below national
44 Alabama $37,450 18% below national
45 West Virginia $37,440 18% below national
46 Oklahoma $36,150 21% below national
47 New Mexico $32,270 29% below national
48 Puerto Rico $21,860 52% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $65,560 2. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $60,480 3. Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $59,920 4. Ames, IA $59,540 5. Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $58,960

Lowest Paying Metros

250. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $21,860 251. Dalton, GA $31,010 252. Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $32,790 253. Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $33,360 254. North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $33,690
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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $65,560 +43% above national
2 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $60,480 +32% above national
3 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $59,920 +31% above national
4 Ames, IA $59,540 +30% above national
5 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $58,960 +29% above national
6 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $58,590 +28% above national
7 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $58,390 +28% above national
8 Baton Rouge, LA $58,090 +27% above national
9 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $58,000 +27% above national
10 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $56,730 +24% above national
11 Longview-Kelso, WA $56,650 +24% above national
12 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $56,510 +24% above national
13 Lewiston-Auburn, ME $56,070 +23% above national
14 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $55,950 +22% above national
15 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $55,550 +22% above national
16 Joplin, MO-KS $54,910 +20% above national
17 Wilmington, NC $54,190 +19% above national
18 North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $53,920 +18% above national
19 Topeka, KS $53,400 +17% above national
20 Bend, OR $52,830 +16% above national
21 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $52,770 +15% above national
22 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $52,680 +15% above national
23 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $52,570 +15% above national
24 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $52,470 +15% above national
25 Gettysburg, PA $52,440 +15% above national
26 Jackson, MS $52,390 +15% above national
27 Salem, OR $52,330 +15% above national
28 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $52,000 +14% above national
29 Manchester-Nashua, NH $51,810 +13% above national
30 Green Bay, WI $51,700 +13% above national
31 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $51,660 +13% above national
32 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $51,550 +13% above national
33 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $51,500 +13% above national
34 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $51,220 +12% above national
35 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $51,190 +12% above national
36 Springfield, MO $51,050 +12% above national
37 Cleveland, OH $51,040 +12% above national
38 Lancaster, PA $50,950 +11% above national
39 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $50,830 +11% above national
40 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $50,750 +11% above national
41 St. Louis, MO-IL $50,640 +11% above national
42 Eugene-Springfield, OR $50,310 +10% above national
43 Richmond, VA $50,070 +10% above national
44 Modesto, CA $50,040 +9% above national
45 Fond du Lac, WI $49,970 +9% above national
46 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $49,840 +9% above national
47 Colorado Springs, CO $49,750 +9% above national
48 Kansas City, MO-KS $49,620 +9% above national
49 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $49,580 +8% above national
50 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $49,570 +8% above national
51 Medford, OR $49,540 +8% above national
52 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI $49,530 +8% above national
53 Yakima, WA $49,450 +8% above national
54 Reno, NV $49,400 +8% above national
55 Binghamton, NY $49,360 +8% above national
56 Wausau, WI $49,280 +8% above national
57 Rochester, NY $49,220 +8% above national
58 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $49,160 +8% above national
59 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $49,110 +7% above national
60 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $49,040 +7% above national
61 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $49,030 +7% above national
62 Worcester, MA $48,950 +7% above national
63 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $48,880 +7% above national
64 Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area $48,830 +7% above national
65 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $48,760 +7% above national
66 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $48,750 +7% above national
67 York-Hanover, PA $48,730 +7% above national
68 Florence, SC $48,360 +6% above national
69 Altoona, PA $48,350 +6% above national
70 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $48,310 +6% above national
71 Greeley, CO $48,210 +5% above national
72 Sheboygan, WI $48,120 +5% above national
73 Kennewick-Richland, WA $48,100 +5% above national
74 Lynchburg, VA $48,050 +5% above national
75 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $47,940 +5% above national
76 Bozeman, MT $47,930 +5% above national
77 Springfield, MA $47,840 +5% above national
78 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $47,790 +5% above national
79 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $47,740 +4% above national
80 Appleton, WI $47,640 +4% above national
81 Syracuse, NY $47,560 +4% above national
82 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $47,540 +4% above national
83 Madison, WI $47,420 +4% above national
84 Boise City, ID $47,280 +3% above national
85 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $47,220 +3% above national
86 Elkhart-Goshen, IN $47,140 +3% above national
87 Vineland, NJ $47,100 +3% above national
88 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $47,090 +3% above national
89 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $47,070 +3% above national
90 Fargo, ND-MN $47,050 +3% above national
91 Rockford, IL $47,030 +3% above national
92 Wichita, KS $47,010 +3% above national
93 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $46,990 +3% above national
94 Roanoke, VA $46,950 +3% above national
95 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $46,850 +3% above national
96 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $46,820 +2% above national
97 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $46,820 +2% above national
98 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $46,800 +2% above national
99 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $46,620 +2% above national
100 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $46,590 +2% above national
101 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $46,470 +2% above national
102 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $46,390 +2% above national
103 Jackson, TN $46,390 +2% above national
104 Jefferson City, MO $46,340 +1% above national
105 Pittsburgh, PA $46,270 +1% above national
106 Columbia, SC $46,260 +1% above national
107 Elizabethtown, KY $46,240 +1% above national
108 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $46,220 +1% above national
109 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $46,150 +1% above national
110 Vallejo, CA $46,040 +1% above national
111 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $46,020 +1% above national
112 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $46,010 +1% above national
113 Lexington-Fayette, KY $45,990 +1% above national
114 Spartanburg, SC $45,970 +1% above national
115 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $45,950 +1% above national
116 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $45,920 same as national
117 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $45,810 same as national
118 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $45,790 same as national
119 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $45,730 same as national
120 Salinas, CA $45,700 same as national
121 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $45,670 same as national
122 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $45,560 same as national
123 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $45,540 same as national
124 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $45,320 1% below national
125 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $45,300 1% below national
126 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $45,250 1% below national
127 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $45,220 1% below national
128 Bloomington, IN $45,110 1% below national
129 Fort Wayne, IN $45,050 1% below national
130 Canton-Massillon, OH $44,990 2% below national
131 Omaha, NE-IA $44,930 2% below national
132 Columbus, OH $44,900 2% below national
133 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $44,870 2% below national
134 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $44,860 2% below national
135 New Haven, CT $44,830 2% below national
136 South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $44,820 2% below national
137 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $44,790 2% below national
138 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $44,690 2% below national
139 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $44,670 2% below national
140 Walla Walla, WA $44,670 2% below national
141 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $44,670 2% below national
142 Chattanooga, TN-GA $44,650 2% below national
143 Killeen-Temple, TX $44,640 2% below national
144 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $44,620 2% below national
145 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $44,590 2% below national
146 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $44,590 2% below national
147 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $44,480 3% below national
148 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $44,310 3% below national
149 Sandusky, OH $44,130 3% below national
150 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $44,110 3% below national
151 West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $43,930 4% below national
152 Mansfield, OH $43,910 4% below national
153 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $43,830 4% below national
154 Logan, UT-ID $43,740 4% below national
155 Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $43,730 4% below national
156 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $43,720 4% below national
157 Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $43,720 4% below national
158 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $43,720 4% below national
159 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $43,700 4% below national
160 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $43,680 4% below national
161 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $43,630 5% below national
162 Fresno, CA $43,580 5% below national
163 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $43,440 5% below national
164 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $43,420 5% below national
165 Stockton-Lodi, CA $43,360 5% below national
166 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $43,290 5% below national
167 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $43,230 5% below national
168 Raleigh-Cary, NC $43,190 5% below national
169 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $43,010 6% below national
170 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $42,920 6% below national
171 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $42,760 6% below national
172 Asheville, NC $42,680 7% below national
173 Fort Smith, AR-OK $42,680 7% below national
174 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $42,530 7% below national
175 Toledo, OH $42,460 7% below national
176 Ogden, UT $42,410 7% below national
177 Akron, OH $42,230 8% below national
178 Glens Falls, NY $42,130 8% below national
179 Amarillo, TX $42,040 8% below national
180 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $41,970 8% below national
181 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $41,820 8% below national
182 Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $41,730 9% below national
183 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $41,410 9% below national
184 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $41,370 9% below national
185 Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $41,330 10% below national
186 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $41,100 10% below national
187 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $41,060 10% below national
188 Winston-Salem, NC $41,040 10% below national
189 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $41,030 10% below national
190 Visalia, CA $41,020 10% below national
191 Ann Arbor, MI $40,780 11% below national
192 Tucson, AZ $40,700 11% below national
193 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $40,620 11% below national
194 West Montana nonmetropolitan area $40,440 12% below national
195 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $40,390 12% below national
196 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $40,300 12% below national
197 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $40,230 12% below national
198 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $40,190 12% below national
199 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $40,140 12% below national
200 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $40,060 12% below national
201 Jacksonville, FL $40,010 12% below national
202 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $39,940 13% below national
203 Savannah, GA $39,750 13% below national
204 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $39,740 13% below national
205 West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $39,690 13% below national
206 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $39,660 13% below national
207 Greensboro-High Point, NC $39,610 13% below national
208 Albuquerque, NM $39,470 14% below national
209 Birmingham, AL $39,330 14% below national
210 Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $39,310 14% below national
211 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $39,250 14% below national
212 Reading, PA $39,120 14% below national
213 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $39,040 15% below national
214 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $38,990 15% below national
215 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $38,860 15% below national
216 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $38,810 15% below national
217 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $38,700 15% below national
218 Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $38,680 15% below national
219 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $38,590 16% below national
220 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $38,590 16% below national
221 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $38,280 16% below national
222 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $38,210 16% below national
223 Youngstown-Warren, OH $38,140 17% below national
224 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $38,030 17% below national
225 Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $38,030 17% below national
226 Tulsa, OK $37,630 18% below national
227 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $37,580 18% below national
228 Ocala, FL $37,500 18% below national
229 Knoxville, TN $37,490 18% below national
230 Portland-South Portland, ME $37,470 18% below national
231 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $37,450 18% below national
232 Rocky Mount, NC $37,440 18% below national
233 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $37,430 18% below national
234 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $37,420 18% below national
235 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $37,410 18% below national
236 Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $37,350 18% below national
237 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $37,130 19% below national
238 Iowa City, IA $37,000 19% below national
239 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $36,910 19% below national
240 Lincoln, NE $36,910 19% below national
241 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $36,660 20% below national
242 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $36,660 20% below national
243 Evansville, IN $36,640 20% below national
244 Oklahoma City, OK $36,500 20% below national
245 North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $36,300 21% below national
246 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $36,240 21% below national
247 Montgomery, AL $35,590 22% below national
248 El Paso, TX $35,340 23% below national
249 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $34,660 24% below national
250 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $33,690 26% below national
251 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $33,360 27% below national
252 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $32,790 28% below national
253 Dalton, GA $31,010 32% below national
254 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $21,860 52% below national

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024. Data reflects cross-industry estimates for all ownership types.