Highest-paying Cities for Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders

The top 100 highest paying cities for packaging and filling machine 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 packaging and filling machine operators and tenders in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $88,460, Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming is the highest paying city for packaging and filling machine operators and tenders. It is followed by Albany, Georgia (average annual salary $74,260). 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 packaging and filling machine operators and tenders in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$88,460	$28,120	70
2	Albany, Georgia	$74,260	$26,180	450
3	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$69,570	$35,420	660
4	Beckley, West Virginia	$57,600	$20,230	40
5	Harrisonburg, Virginia	$57,290	$30,390	800
6	Lynchburg, Virginia	$54,510	$24,950	500
7	Bloomsburg-Berwick, Pennsylvania	$51,880	$37,240	370
8	Winchester, West Virginia	$51,760	$30,010	560
9	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$50,970	$29,770	90
10	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$50,530	$28,920	850
11	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$50,500	$33,180	170
12	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$50,300	$33,070	320
13	Logan, Utah	$49,960	$36,750	560
14	South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$49,880	$29,480	640
15	Syracuse, New York	$49,710	$31,700	820
16	Owensboro, Kentucky	$48,560	$28,960	630
17	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$48,470	$29,960	600
18	Binghamton, New York	$48,410	$29,790	140
19	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$48,390	$32,520	510
20	Corvallis, Oregon	$48,220	$31,920	80
21	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$47,850	$31,000	420
22	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$47,640	$26,140	40
23	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	$47,550	$30,620	280
24	Central Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$47,350	$29,310	160
25	Monroe, Louisiana	$47,310	$22,770	30
26	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$47,030	$28,030	240
27	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$47,030	$27,860	100
28	Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana	$46,830	$31,690	200
29	Modesto, California	$46,690	$33,600	1,850
30	Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania	$46,660	$32,850	340
31	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$46,640	$33,120	1,240
32	Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$46,540	$21,820	40
33	Toledo, Ohio	$46,400	$30,330	820
34	Jonesboro, Arkansas	$46,140	$28,740	690
35	East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$46,070	$30,330	210
36	Napa, California	$45,790	$36,400	760
37	Joplin, Missouri	$44,970	$25,870	720
38	Warner Robins, Georgia	$44,550	$23,200	310
39	Appleton, Wisconsin	$44,210	$31,870	950
40	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$44,150	$31,210	1,570
41	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$44,140	$36,800	3,930
42	Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$43,480	$33,010	550
43	Winnsboro nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$43,380	$24,050	80
44	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$43,310	$30,740	1,090
45	Battle Creek, Michigan	$43,000	$34,190	220
46	Anchorage, Alaska	$42,840	$29,920	60
47	West Central Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$42,470	$24,840	80
48	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$42,370	$32,000	1,600
49	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$42,120	$28,200	1,160
50	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$42,110	$30,560	1,210
51	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$42,030	$29,310	1,590
52	Grand Island, Nebraska	$41,840	$29,620	480
53	Rocky Mount, North Carolina	$41,750	$26,440	310
54	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$41,530	$35,980	1,340
55	Anderson, Indiana	$41,460	$22,960	260
56	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$41,390	$30,320	50
57	Guayama, Puerto Rico	$41,220	$25,620	170
58	Danbury, Connecticut	$41,200	$30,530	40
59	St Joseph, Missouri	$41,100	$28,790	630
60	Danville, Illinois	$41,100	$29,560	170
61	Cape Girardeau-Jackson, Missouri	$41,070	$26,420	50
62	Dayton, Ohio	$40,840	$30,450	530
63	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$40,770	$34,440	770
64	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$40,770	$28,490	550
65	West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$40,680	$29,250	880
66	Erie, Pennsylvania	$40,640	$28,640	360
67	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$40,600	$34,350	370
68	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$40,540	$28,440	290
69	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$40,450	$29,080	120
70	Wausau, Wisconsin	$40,370	$29,590	780
71	Gettysburg, Pennsylvania	$40,230	$29,410	470
72	Bowling Green, Kentucky	$40,090	$30,870	590
73	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$40,020	$30,880	530
74	Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Virginia	$39,990	$25,340	160
75	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$39,990	$33,510	170
76	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$39,970	$24,890	780
77	State College, Pennsylvania	$39,900	$31,320	130
78	Rochester, New York	$39,820	$31,180	1,990
79	Flagstaff, Arizona	$39,740	$25,590	n/a
80	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$39,700	$31,730	2,400
81	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$39,660	$31,740	160
82	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$39,660	$32,290	450
83	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$39,650	$30,580	460
84	Lincoln, Nebraska	$39,620	$30,810	470
85	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$39,570	$31,480	2,920
86	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$39,530	$25,930	420
87	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$39,520	$35,000	1,160
88	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$39,400	$30,840	2,060
89	Springfield, Missouri	$39,280	$26,970	490
90	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$39,240	$28,550	70
91	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$39,190	$30,230	1,300
92	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$39,170	$36,190	970
93	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$39,030	$29,420	7,160
94	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$38,920	$30,520	270
95	Fargo, North Dakota	$38,880	$31,790	170
96	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$38,840	$31,350	2,250
97	Manhattan, Kansas	$38,800	$22,500	n/a
98	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$38,770	$31,530	2,200
99	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$38,710	$33,070	180
100	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$38,670	$28,930	610

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