Highest-paying Cities for Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

The top 100 highest paying cities for mixing and blending 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 mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $156,000, Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii is the highest paying city for mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders. It is followed by Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah (average annual salary $74,770). 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 mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$156,000	$76,220	50
2	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$74,770	$30,750	70
3	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$73,870	$29,970	160
4	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$70,150	$56,990	60
5	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$68,030	$34,050	30
6	Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$62,980	$37,890	470
7	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$61,210	$38,490	250
8	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$60,280	$40,040	470
9	Bellingham, Washington	$59,760	$44,090	440
10	Gadsden, Alabama	$58,230	$39,310	60
11	Duluth, Wisconsin	$57,690	$38,090	60
12	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$57,220	$40,730	40
13	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$56,890	$36,810	110
14	Tucson, Arizona	$56,650	$43,760	100
15	Anchorage, Alaska	$55,700	$28,130	50
16	Midland, Texas	$55,530	$46,820	300
17	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$55,420	$37,070	40
18	Rocky Mount, North Carolina	$55,150	$35,800	90
19	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$54,080	$49,600	40
20	Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$53,870	$30,250	240
21	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$53,850	$37,550	1,050
22	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$53,550	$28,550	50
23	Decatur, Alabama	$53,270	$29,200	90
24	Southwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$53,210	$33,070	50
25	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$52,980	$41,580	50
26	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$52,190	$40,300	670
27	Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$52,180	$35,010	80
28	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$52,030	$38,580	310
29	Johnstown, Pennsylvania	$51,920	$36,740	30
30	Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$51,850	$36,880	160
31	Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$51,840	$33,280	70
32	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$51,770	$34,270	100
33	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$51,620	$35,320	110
34	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$51,500	$35,000	200
35	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$51,060	$33,400	530
36	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$50,880	$34,530	230
37	Columbia, Missouri	$50,840	$32,900	70
38	Napa, California	$50,750	$43,050	80
39	Goldsboro, North Carolina	$50,670	$29,970	70
40	Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas	$50,570	$31,830	160
41	Ames, Iowa	$50,550	$36,520	100
42	Longview, Washington	$50,510	$38,040	60
43	Jonesboro, Arkansas	$50,500	$29,870	60
44	Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$50,300	$31,200	50
45	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$50,150	$37,900	870
46	New Haven, Connecticut	$50,000	$36,480	260
47	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$49,880	$33,320	190
48	Cheyenne, Wyoming	$49,830	$23,710	40
49	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$49,670	$37,870	30
50	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$49,620	$39,440	210
51	Wausau, Wisconsin	$49,350	$37,940	180
52	Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$49,260	$28,560	110
53	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$49,200	$36,290	230
54	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$49,120	$27,650	1,410
55	Mobile, Alabama	$48,950	$27,040	100
56	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$48,910	$32,950	580
57	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$48,830	$30,870	60
58	Logan, Utah	$48,690	$38,350	80
59	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$48,670	$31,870	3,210
60	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$48,660	$31,630	220
61	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$48,550	$38,530	280
62	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$48,510	$36,380	40
63	Wheeling, West Virginia	$48,440	$33,190	60
64	Rochester-Dover, New Hampshire	$48,360	$31,630	n/a
65	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$48,310	$35,270	150
66	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$48,240	$34,600	170
67	Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$48,210	$29,860	80
68	Rochester, New York	$48,140	$33,960	380
69	Reading, Pennsylvania	$48,140	$35,040	260
70	Huntsville, Alabama	$48,090	$28,180	120
71	Central Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$47,970	$36,940	70
72	Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$47,910	$29,410	90
73	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$47,890	$36,980	820
74	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$47,880	$36,160	560
75	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$47,830	$32,530	80
76	Appleton, Wisconsin	$47,830	$34,040	290
77	Cumberland, West Virginia	$47,760	$22,230	60
78	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$47,700	$37,710	30
79	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$47,670	$29,820	50
80	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$47,660	$33,280	590
81	Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$47,600	$35,790	70
82	Springfield, Massachusetts	$47,540	$33,070	90
83	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$47,390	$34,030	1,080
84	Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana	$47,370	$28,190	90
85	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$47,360	$37,610	830
86	East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$47,350	$33,600	40
87	Western Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$47,330	$37,510	50
88	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$47,310	$37,620	150
89	Syracuse, New York	$47,280	$31,130	140
90	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$47,260	$36,810	1,430
91	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$47,250	$37,180	270
92	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$47,190	$34,300	130
93	Sandusky, Ohio	$47,190	$29,250	130
94	Watertown-Fort Drum, New York	$47,160	$30,280	30
95	Iowa City, Iowa	$47,160	$31,740	210
96	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$46,960	$35,120	130
97	Yuba City, California	$46,960	$32,150	50
98	Kansas City, Missouri	$46,900	$31,390	1,550
99	Terre Haute, Indiana	$46,790	$31,890	130
100	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$46,780	$31,270	190

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