Highest-paying Cities for Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

The top 100 highest paying cities for cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $60,330, Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado is the highest paying city for cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders. It is followed by Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa (average annual salary $59,270). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$60,330	$45,560	30
2	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$59,270	$37,010	240
3	Bowling Green, Kentucky	$59,100	$34,300	80
4	Duluth, Wisconsin	$58,130	$30,070	60
5	Modesto, California	$57,070	$36,450	250
6	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$53,630	$30,540	70
7	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$52,790	$30,180	40
8	Joplin, Missouri	$52,750	$27,710	70
9	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$52,290	$33,240	130
10	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$52,190	$38,770	550
11	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$51,660	$32,160	470
12	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$51,620	$37,730	380
13	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$51,620	$35,360	60
14	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$51,400	$33,080	400
15	Longview, Washington	$51,210	$33,500	30
16	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$50,710	$33,520	60
17	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$50,580	$34,820	1,020
18	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$50,100	$35,140	40
19	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$49,820	$36,400	180
20	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$49,790	$28,750	470
21	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$49,620	$30,730	90
22	Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$49,610	$34,760	40
23	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$49,600	$37,900	50
24	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$49,550	$39,750	150
25	St Cloud, Minnesota	$49,450	$37,310	40
26	Billings, Montana	$49,420	$30,740	50
27	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$49,400	$37,860	190
28	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$49,330	$36,980	210
29	Racine, Wisconsin	$49,160	$37,080	70
30	Wausau, Wisconsin	$49,100	$34,540	190
31	Visalia-Porterville, California	$48,550	$33,900	100
32	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$48,510	$36,080	100
33	Gainesville, Georgia	$48,440	$42,580	50
34	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$48,400	$32,460	490
35	Topeka, Kansas	$48,270	$33,070	60
36	Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$48,270	$28,660	70
37	Spokane, Washington	$48,220	$35,500	70
38	Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$47,800	$42,800	220
39	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$47,540	$31,370	240
40	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$47,530	$39,020	100
41	Provo-Orem, Utah	$47,330	$29,820	100
42	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$47,320	$37,830	50
43	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$47,320	$33,210	220
44	Salinas, California	$47,180	$36,500	60
45	Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$47,150	$27,490	70
46	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$47,140	$38,220	530
47	Gettysburg, Pennsylvania	$47,080	$40,310	110
48	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$46,860	$33,390	40
49	Gadsden, Alabama	$46,820	$25,020	80
50	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$46,710	$31,470	150
51	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$46,700	$31,860	80
52	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$46,620	$38,260	1,570
53	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$46,550	$36,980	690
54	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$46,480	$35,120	340
55	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$46,470	$37,660	70
56	Terre Haute, Indiana	$46,460	$23,530	30
57	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$46,350	$36,130	50
58	Appleton, Wisconsin	$46,300	$29,670	150
59	Richmond, Virginia	$45,940	$32,400	370
60	Roanoke, Virginia	$45,750	$36,940	100
61	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$45,570	$28,340	40
62	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$45,410	$35,710	330
63	Lincoln, Nebraska	$45,410	$30,870	100
64	Olympia, Washington	$45,410	$36,990	40
65	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$45,350	$28,850	40
66	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$45,340	$30,720	40
67	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$45,020	$37,920	430
68	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$45,000	$30,400	60
69	Nashua, New Hampshire	$44,940	$31,110	80
70	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$44,880	$32,200	410
71	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$44,780	$33,140	60
72	Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$44,670	$35,200	90
73	Springfield, Missouri	$44,670	$24,290	120
74	Staunton-Waynesboro, Virginia	$44,550	$37,170	40
75	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$44,500	$31,890	110
76	Syracuse, New York	$44,460	$33,200	100
77	Reading, Pennsylvania	$44,460	$33,580	80
78	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$44,430	$36,180	190
79	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$44,350	$33,950	110
80	Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$44,250	$29,680	100
81	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$44,240	$33,900	140
82	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$44,100	$37,560	100
83	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$44,050	$31,230	70
84	Madison, Wisconsin	$43,820	$35,650	90
85	Muncie, Indiana	$43,650	$21,460	30
86	Florence, South Carolina	$43,590	$32,740	40
87	Waco, Texas	$43,510	$28,660	40
88	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$43,410	$26,890	n/a
89	Danbury, Connecticut	$43,290	$33,870	30
90	Lynchburg, Virginia	$43,230	$29,410	70
91	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$43,220	$34,420	40
92	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$43,160	$31,750	110
93	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$43,060	$27,800	2,130
94	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$42,990	$31,970	170
95	Janesville, Wisconsin	$42,970	$29,770	30
96	Battle Creek, Michigan	$42,950	$28,330	40
97	Salem, Oregon	$42,920	$38,620	50
98	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$42,720	$27,040	150
99	Fargo, North Dakota	$42,540	$32,090	50
100	Missoula, Montana	$42,460	$25,530	80

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