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

$36,610$43,520$49,390$59,220$68,640
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$17.60$20.92$23.75$28.47$33.00
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$36,610

25th Percentile

$43,520

Median

$49,390

75th Percentile

$59,220

90th Percentile

$68,640

Salary by State

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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

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