51 Series · SOC 51-9196
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)
Median Salary
$49,390
per year
Median Hourly
$23.75/hr
per hour
Mean Salary
$51,750
average
Employment
96,950
jobs nationwide
Salary Range
Annual Salary Distribution
Hourly Rate Distribution
10th Percentile
$36,610
25th Percentile
$43,520
Median
$49,390
75th Percentile
$59,220
90th Percentile
$68,640
Salary by State
Highest Paying States
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| # | State | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisiana | $62,690 | +27% above national |
| 2 | Oklahoma | $61,750 | +25% above national |
| 3 | Utah | $59,100 | +20% above national |
| 4 | Wisconsin | $57,760 | +17% above national |
| 5 | Oregon | $57,010 | +15% above national |
| 6 | Illinois | $56,860 | +15% above national |
| 7 | Idaho | $56,300 | +14% above national |
| 8 | Washington | $56,240 | +14% above national |
| 9 | Minnesota | $55,790 | +13% above national |
| 10 | Kentucky | $53,650 | +9% above national |
| 11 | New York | $51,860 | +5% above national |
| 12 | South Carolina | $51,720 | +5% above national |
| 13 | Connecticut | $51,530 | +4% above national |
| 14 | Maine | $51,450 | +4% above national |
| 15 | Pennsylvania | $50,780 | +3% above national |
| 16 | Colorado | $50,340 | +2% above national |
| 17 | California | $50,030 | +1% above national |
| 18 | Alabama | $49,380 | same as national |
| 19 | Virginia | $49,110 | 1% below national |
| 20 | Iowa | $48,950 | 1% below national |
| 21 | Ohio | $48,730 | 1% below national |
| 22 | New Hampshire | $48,660 | 1% below national |
| 23 | Massachusetts | $48,530 | 2% below national |
| 24 | Michigan | $48,510 | 2% below national |
| 25 | Georgia | $48,330 | 2% below national |
| 26 | Nevada | $48,300 | 2% below national |
| 27 | Tennessee | $48,060 | 3% below national |
| 28 | Arizona | $47,620 | 4% below national |
| 29 | North Carolina | $47,600 | 4% below national |
| 30 | Indiana | $47,590 | 4% below national |
| 31 | Delaware | $47,350 | 4% below national |
| 32 | Rhode Island | $47,210 | 4% below national |
| 33 | Nebraska | $46,900 | 5% below national |
| 34 | Florida | $46,800 | 5% below national |
| 35 | Mississippi | $46,500 | 6% below national |
| 36 | New Mexico | $46,350 | 6% below national |
| 37 | Missouri | $46,240 | 6% below national |
| 38 | New Jersey | $46,200 | 6% below national |
| 39 | Kansas | $46,120 | 7% below national |
| 40 | Arkansas | $45,520 | 8% below national |
| 41 | Texas | $44,570 | 10% below national |
| 42 | South Dakota | $44,330 | 10% below national |
| 43 | Maryland | $34,760 | 30% below national |
| 44 | Puerto Rico | $22,240 | 55% below national |
Salary by Metro Area
Highest Paying Metros
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| # | Metro Area | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cedar Rapids, IA | $80,910 | +64% above national |
| 2 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $75,790 | +53% above national |
| 3 | Longview-Kelso, WA | $66,600 | +35% above national |
| 4 | Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | $62,710 | +27% above national |
| 5 | Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area | $62,690 | +27% above national |
| 6 | Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area | $61,570 | +25% above national |
| 7 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $61,020 | +24% above national |
| 8 | Salem, OR | $60,740 | +23% above national |
| 9 | West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $60,420 | +22% above national |
| 10 | Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area | $59,920 | +21% above national |
| 11 | Glens Falls, NY | $59,890 | +21% above national |
| 12 | Green Bay, WI | $59,740 | +21% above national |
| 13 | Tulsa, OK | $59,600 | +21% above national |
| 14 | Wausau, WI | $59,600 | +21% above national |
| 15 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $59,300 | +20% above national |
| 16 | Columbus, OH | $59,180 | +20% above national |
| 17 | Appleton, WI | $58,870 | +19% above national |
| 18 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $58,520 | +18% above national |
| 19 | Syracuse, NY | $58,430 | +18% above national |
| 20 | Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area | $58,400 | +18% above national |
| 21 | Jacksonville, FL | $58,010 | +17% above national |
| 22 | Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $57,840 | +17% above national |
| 23 | Modesto, CA | $57,530 | +16% above national |
| 24 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $57,240 | +16% above national |
| 25 | Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $56,820 | +15% above national |
| 26 | Rockford, IL | $55,020 | +11% above national |
| 27 | Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | $54,300 | +10% above national |
| 28 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $54,230 | +10% above national |
| 29 | Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $53,650 | +9% above national |
| 30 | Montgomery, AL | $52,660 | +7% above national |
| 31 | North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) | $52,560 | +6% above national |
| 32 | Yakima, WA | $52,400 | +6% above national |
| 33 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $52,180 | +6% above national |
| 34 | South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $51,950 | +5% above national |
| 35 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $51,880 | +5% above national |
| 36 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $51,790 | +5% above national |
| 37 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $51,680 | +5% above national |
| 38 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $51,490 | +4% above national |
| 39 | Portland-South Portland, ME | $51,460 | +4% above national |
| 40 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $51,020 | +3% above national |
| 41 | Knoxville, TN | $50,940 | +3% above national |
| 42 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $50,930 | +3% above national |
| 43 | Lancaster, PA | $50,860 | +3% above national |
| 44 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $50,860 | +3% above national |
| 45 | Stockton-Lodi, CA | $50,840 | +3% above national |
| 46 | Florence, SC | $50,830 | +3% above national |
| 47 | Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area | $50,690 | +3% above national |
| 48 | Reading, PA | $50,530 | +2% above national |
| 49 | South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area | $50,370 | +2% above national |
| 50 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $50,340 | +2% above national |
| 51 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $50,110 | +1% above national |
| 52 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $50,080 | +1% above national |
| 53 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $50,080 | +1% above national |
| 54 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $49,910 | +1% above national |
| 55 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $49,770 | +1% above national |
| 56 | Richmond, VA | $49,660 | +1% above national |
| 57 | Boise City, ID | $49,640 | +1% above national |
| 58 | Killeen-Temple, TX | $49,540 | same as national |
| 59 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | $49,540 | same as national |
| 60 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $49,530 | same as national |
| 61 | York-Hanover, PA | $49,490 | same as national |
| 62 | Columbia, SC | $49,450 | same as national |
| 63 | Visalia, CA | $49,410 | same as national |
| 64 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $49,220 | same as national |
| 65 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $49,130 | 1% below national |
| 66 | Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | $49,110 | 1% below national |
| 67 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $49,080 | 1% below national |
| 68 | St. Louis, MO-IL | $49,070 | 1% below national |
| 69 | Connecticut nonmetropolitan area | $48,810 | 1% below national |
| 70 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $48,790 | 1% below national |
| 71 | Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $48,790 | 1% below national |
| 72 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | $48,740 | 1% below national |
| 73 | Cleveland, OH | $48,720 | 1% below national |
| 74 | Lebanon, PA | $48,710 | 1% below national |
| 75 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $48,530 | 2% below national |
| 76 | Worcester, MA | $48,500 | 2% below national |
| 77 | Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | $48,470 | 2% below national |
| 78 | Bakersfield-Delano, CA | $48,460 | 2% below national |
| 79 | Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $48,460 | 2% below national |
| 80 | Rochester, NY | $48,280 | 2% below national |
| 81 | Spartanburg, SC | $48,240 | 2% below national |
| 82 | Gettysburg, PA | $48,120 | 3% below national |
| 83 | Niles, MI | $48,120 | 3% below national |
| 84 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | $48,110 | 3% below national |
| 85 | West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $48,000 | 3% below national |
| 86 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | $47,980 | 3% below national |
| 87 | Lynchburg, VA | $47,920 | 3% below national |
| 88 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $47,760 | 3% below national |
| 89 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $47,620 | 4% below national |
| 90 | Fort Wayne, IN | $47,590 | 4% below national |
| 91 | Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area | $47,590 | 4% below national |
| 92 | Pittsburgh, PA | $47,550 | 4% below national |
| 93 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $47,540 | 4% below national |
| 94 | Springfield, MA | $47,430 | 4% below national |
| 95 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $47,300 | 4% below national |
| 96 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $47,250 | 4% below national |
| 97 | Kansas City, MO-KS | $47,220 | 4% below national |
| 98 | North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $47,080 | 5% below national |
| 99 | Clarksville, TN-KY | $47,030 | 5% below national |
| 100 | Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $47,020 | 5% below national |
| 101 | Omaha, NE-IA | $46,900 | 5% below national |
| 102 | Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $46,830 | 5% below national |
| 103 | Decatur, AL | $46,780 | 5% below national |
| 104 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $46,720 | 5% below national |
| 105 | Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $46,680 | 5% below national |
| 106 | Roanoke, VA | $46,560 | 6% below national |
| 107 | Toledo, OH | $46,420 | 6% below national |
| 108 | Waterbury-Shelton, CT | $46,420 | 6% below national |
| 109 | Akron, OH | $46,400 | 6% below national |
| 110 | Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $46,340 | 6% below national |
| 111 | Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $46,290 | 6% below national |
| 112 | South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | $46,290 | 6% below national |
| 113 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | $46,180 | 6% below national |
| 114 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $46,180 | 6% below national |
| 115 | Altoona, PA | $46,040 | 7% below national |
| 116 | Binghamton, NY | $46,020 | 7% below national |
| 117 | Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $45,950 | 7% below national |
| 118 | Jackson, TN | $45,910 | 7% below national |
| 119 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $45,510 | 8% below national |
| 120 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $45,500 | 8% below national |
| 121 | Canton-Massillon, OH | $45,450 | 8% below national |
| 122 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $45,450 | 8% below national |
| 123 | Macon-Bibb County, GA | $45,440 | 8% below national |
| 124 | Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $45,410 | 8% below national |
| 125 | Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | $45,240 | 8% below national |
| 126 | Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | $44,900 | 9% below national |
| 127 | West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | $44,660 | 10% below national |
| 128 | Sioux Falls, SD-MN | $44,330 | 10% below national |
| 129 | Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | $44,330 | 10% below national |
| 130 | Joplin, MO-KS | $44,150 | 11% below national |
| 131 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $43,930 | 11% below national |
| 132 | Springfield, OH | $43,830 | 11% below national |
| 133 | Greensboro-High Point, NC | $43,820 | 11% below national |
| 134 | East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | $43,650 | 12% below national |
| 135 | Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $43,220 | 12% below national |
| 136 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $42,710 | 14% below national |
| 137 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | $42,680 | 14% below national |
| 138 | Springfield, MO | $42,540 | 14% below national |
| 139 | Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $42,450 | 14% below national |
| 140 | Fort Smith, AR-OK | $41,830 | 15% below national |
| 141 | Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $41,600 | 16% below national |
| 142 | Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area | $41,180 | 17% below national |
| 143 | West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area | $41,170 | 17% below national |
| 144 | Lincoln, NE | $40,800 | 17% below national |
| 145 | Asheville, NC | $40,040 | 19% below national |
| 146 | Hattiesburg, MS | $39,840 | 19% below national |
| 147 | Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | $39,350 | 20% below national |
| 148 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $39,090 | 21% below national |
| 149 | Birmingham, AL | $38,570 | 22% below national |
| 150 | Oklahoma City, OK | $38,550 | 22% below national |
| 151 | Winston-Salem, NC | $38,190 | 23% below national |
| 152 | Kansas nonmetropolitan area | $38,180 | 23% below national |
| 153 | Jackson, MS | $38,080 | 23% below national |
| 154 | Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $37,790 | 23% below national |
| 155 | North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | $37,390 | 24% below national |
| 156 | North Missouri nonmetropolitan area | $37,270 | 25% below national |
| 157 | Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $36,970 | 25% below national |
| 158 | Salinas, CA | $36,940 | 25% below national |
| 159 | El Paso, TX | $36,350 | 26% below national |
| 160 | Tuscaloosa, AL | $36,020 | 27% below national |
| 161 | Central East New York nonmetropolitan area | $35,550 | 28% below national |
| 162 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $34,610 | 30% below national |
| 163 | Dalton, GA | $34,520 | 30% below national |
| 164 | North Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $32,250 | 35% below national |
| 165 | San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR | $22,100 | 55% below national |
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