53 Series · SOC 53-7063

Machine Feeders and Offbearers

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

Median Salary

$39,700

per year

Median Hourly

$19.09/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$42,840

average

Employment

46,690

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$31,480$36,020$39,700$48,220$57,010
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$15.14$17.32$19.09$23.19$27.41
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$31,480

25th Percentile

$36,020

Median

$39,700

75th Percentile

$48,220

90th Percentile

$57,010

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Louisiana $50,510 +27% above national
2 New York $50,490 +27% above national
3 Minnesota $49,630 +25% above national
4 Kansas $49,430 +25% above national
5 Missouri $47,470 +20% above national
6 Wisconsin $47,470 +20% above national
7 Oregon $45,590 +15% above national
8 Maryland $45,340 +14% above national
9 Idaho $45,130 +14% above national
10 New Hampshire $45,110 +14% above national
11 Pennsylvania $44,090 +11% above national
12 Washington $43,810 +10% above national
13 Iowa $43,280 +9% above national
14 Delaware $43,170 +9% above national
15 New Jersey $42,930 +8% above national
16 Ohio $42,910 +8% above national
17 Maine $42,120 +6% above national
18 Massachusetts $40,630 +2% above national
19 Arizona $39,870 same as national
20 Michigan $39,870 same as national
21 Georgia $39,550 same as national
22 Nevada $39,470 1% below national
23 Utah $39,440 1% below national
24 Kentucky $39,420 1% below national
25 Texas $39,310 1% below national
26 California $38,960 2% below national
27 Mississippi $38,420 3% below national
28 Arkansas $38,340 3% below national
29 Nebraska $38,250 4% below national
30 South Dakota $38,240 4% below national
31 Colorado $38,020 4% below national
32 Florida $37,700 5% below national
33 Indiana $37,650 5% below national
34 Alabama $37,070 7% below national
35 Vermont $36,860 7% below national
36 Tennessee $36,660 8% below national
37 South Carolina $36,580 8% below national
38 Virginia $36,450 8% below national
39 Connecticut $36,280 9% below national
40 North Carolina $36,120 9% below national
41 Oklahoma $35,690 10% below national
42 Rhode Island $30,790 22% below national
43 West Virginia $29,820 25% below national
44 Puerto Rico $20,890 47% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Kansas City, MO-KS $71,910 +81% above national
2 Columbus, OH $59,320 +49% above national
3 Visalia, CA $55,680 +40% above national
4 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $54,710 +38% above national
5 Lancaster, PA $53,930 +36% above national
6 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $53,670 +35% above national
7 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $53,190 +34% above national
8 Williamsport, PA $53,020 +34% above national
9 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $52,220 +32% above national
10 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $51,520 +30% above national
11 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $51,500 +30% above national
12 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $51,350 +29% above national
13 Columbia, SC $50,080 +26% above national
14 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $50,080 +26% above national
15 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $49,740 +25% above national
16 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $49,280 +24% above national
17 York-Hanover, PA $49,240 +24% above national
18 Springfield, MO $49,130 +24% above national
19 Longview-Kelso, WA $48,960 +23% above national
20 Pittsburgh, PA $48,580 +22% above national
21 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $48,500 +22% above national
22 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $48,500 +22% above national
23 Richmond, VA $48,410 +22% above national
24 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $48,320 +22% above national
25 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $48,120 +21% above national
26 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $48,110 +21% above national
27 Vineland, NJ $47,780 +20% above national
28 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $47,610 +20% above national
29 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $47,490 +20% above national
30 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $47,340 +19% above national
31 Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $47,080 +19% above national
32 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $47,020 +18% above national
33 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $46,980 +18% above national
34 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $46,850 +18% above national
35 St. Louis, MO-IL $46,840 +18% above national
36 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA $46,770 +18% above national
37 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $46,760 +18% above national
38 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $46,760 +18% above national
39 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $46,710 +18% above national
40 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $46,700 +18% above national
41 Harrisonburg, VA $46,580 +17% above national
42 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $46,510 +17% above national
43 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $46,290 +17% above national
44 Medford, OR $46,210 +16% above national
45 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $46,200 +16% above national
46 Toledo, OH $46,030 +16% above national
47 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $46,010 +16% above national
48 Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $45,960 +16% above national
49 Reading, PA $45,910 +16% above national
50 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $45,890 +16% above national
51 Salem, OR $45,760 +15% above national
52 Albany, OR $45,700 +15% above national
53 Akron, OH $45,660 +15% above national
54 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $45,550 +15% above national
55 Eugene-Springfield, OR $45,500 +15% above national
56 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $45,430 +14% above national
57 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $45,390 +14% above national
58 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $45,290 +14% above national
59 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $45,180 +14% above national
60 Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $45,130 +14% above national
61 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $45,020 +13% above national
62 Gettysburg, PA $44,090 +11% above national
63 Joplin, MO-KS $44,010 +11% above national
64 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $43,940 +11% above national
65 Chattanooga, TN-GA $43,930 +11% above national
66 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $43,850 +10% above national
67 Columbus, IN $43,770 +10% above national
68 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $43,640 +10% above national
69 El Paso, TX $43,540 +10% above national
70 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $43,490 +10% above national
71 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $43,330 +9% above national
72 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $43,330 +9% above national
73 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $43,280 +9% above national
74 Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $43,240 +9% above national
75 Jefferson City, MO $43,050 +8% above national
76 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $42,740 +8% above national
77 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $42,650 +7% above national
78 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $42,570 +7% above national
79 Springfield, OH $42,540 +7% above national
80 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $42,430 +7% above national
81 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $42,250 +6% above national
82 Owensboro, KY $42,140 +6% above national
83 Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $42,060 +6% above national
84 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $41,670 +5% above national
85 Syracuse, NY $41,600 +5% above national
86 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $41,400 +4% above national
87 Amarillo, TX $41,390 +4% above national
88 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $41,360 +4% above national
89 Jacksonville, FL $41,000 +3% above national
90 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $40,970 +3% above national
91 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $40,940 +3% above national
92 Merced, CA $40,910 +3% above national
93 Canton-Massillon, OH $40,770 +3% above national
94 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $40,750 +3% above national
95 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $40,730 +3% above national
96 Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $40,710 +3% above national
97 Cleveland, OH $40,580 +2% above national
98 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $40,490 +2% above national
99 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $40,460 +2% above national
100 Reno, NV $40,400 +2% above national
101 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $40,350 +2% above national
102 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $40,350 +2% above national
103 Modesto, CA $40,280 +1% above national
104 Birmingham, AL $40,150 +1% above national
105 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $39,970 +1% above national
106 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $39,870 same as national
107 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $39,870 same as national
108 Fresno, CA $39,850 same as national
109 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $39,830 same as national
110 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $39,740 same as national
111 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $39,710 same as national
112 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $39,680 same as national
113 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $39,520 same as national
114 Bend, OR $39,210 1% below national
115 Tuscaloosa, AL $39,160 1% below national
116 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $39,100 2% below national
117 Lexington-Fayette, KY $38,910 2% below national
118 Stockton-Lodi, CA $38,830 2% below national
119 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $38,730 2% below national
120 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $38,710 2% below national
121 Columbus, GA-AL $38,590 3% below national
122 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $38,520 3% below national
123 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $38,480 3% below national
124 South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $38,400 3% below national
125 Decatur, AL $38,260 4% below national
126 Elkhart-Goshen, IN $38,240 4% below national
127 Manchester-Nashua, NH $38,240 4% below national
128 Omaha, NE-IA $38,150 4% below national
129 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $38,020 4% below national
130 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $37,860 5% below national
131 Bellingham, WA $37,850 5% below national
132 Knoxville, TN $37,840 5% below national
133 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $37,650 5% below national
134 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $37,610 5% below national
135 Asheville, NC $37,460 6% below national
136 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $37,270 6% below national
137 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $37,210 6% below national
138 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $37,130 6% below national
139 Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $37,070 7% below national
140 Fort Smith, AR-OK $37,040 7% below national
141 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $36,910 7% below national
142 Montgomery, AL $36,870 7% below national
143 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $36,730 7% below national
144 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $36,660 8% below national
145 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $36,620 8% below national
146 Rochester, NY $36,560 8% below national
147 Fort Wayne, IN $36,550 8% below national
148 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $36,330 8% below national
149 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $36,280 9% below national
150 Raleigh-Cary, NC $36,280 9% below national
151 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $36,250 9% below national
152 Youngstown-Warren, OH $36,220 9% below national
153 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $36,200 9% below national
154 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $36,160 9% below national
155 Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $36,130 9% below national
156 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $36,120 9% below national
157 Yakima, WA $36,100 9% below national
158 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $36,040 9% below national
159 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $36,020 9% below national
160 Tulsa, OK $35,690 10% below national
161 Mansfield, OH $35,640 10% below national
162 Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $35,640 10% below national
163 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $35,560 10% below national
164 West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $35,550 10% below national
165 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $35,380 11% below national
166 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $35,300 11% below national
167 College Station-Bryan, TX $35,200 11% below national
168 Winston-Salem, NC $35,140 11% below national
169 Greensboro-High Point, NC $35,070 12% below national
170 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $35,020 12% below national
171 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $34,850 12% below national
172 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $34,590 13% below national
173 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $34,560 13% below national
174 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $34,480 13% below national
175 Ogden, UT $34,090 14% below national
176 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $33,900 15% below national
177 Gainesville, GA $33,370 16% below national
178 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $33,300 16% below national
179 Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $33,300 16% below national
180 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $33,220 16% below national
181 Huntsville, AL $33,060 17% below national
182 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $32,740 18% below national
183 Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $32,550 18% below national
184 Lynchburg, VA $32,240 19% below national
185 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $31,980 19% below national
186 Jackson, MS $31,710 20% below national
187 Portland-South Portland, ME $31,170 21% below national
188 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $29,890 25% below national
189 West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $29,840 25% below national
190 Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $29,580 25% below national
191 East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $29,390 26% below national
192 Florence, SC $29,210 26% below national
193 Oklahoma City, OK $29,170 27% below national
194 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $20,890 47% 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.