Highest-paying Cities for Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

The top 100 highest paying cities for paper goods 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 paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $75,010, Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota is the highest paying city for paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders. It is followed by Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas (average annual salary $69,230). 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 paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$75,010	$26,660	150
2	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$69,230	$43,210	190
3	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$67,230	$47,320	200
4	Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama	$66,460	$29,690	n/a
5	Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$65,050	$36,130	250
6	Columbia, South Carolina	$65,020	$37,390	780
7	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida	$64,620	$38,160	310
8	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$63,500	$36,710	520
9	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$63,080	$47,240	290
10	Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$61,800	$27,280	810
11	Longview, Washington	$61,140	$48,680	620
12	Low Country South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$60,190	$23,170	100
13	Duluth, Wisconsin	$59,380	$46,640	260
14	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$58,530	$43,770	170
15	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$58,030	$43,100	530
16	Owensboro, Kentucky	$57,950	$39,730	460
17	Jacksonville, Florida	$56,290	$34,940	450
18	Walla Walla, Washington	$55,330	$32,240	210
19	Danbury, Connecticut	$55,130	$39,760	200
20	Western Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$53,590	$42,710	50
21	Lewiston, Washington	$53,560	$39,160	230
22	Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$53,400	$40,510	290
23	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$53,210	$40,700	710
24	West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$53,200	$27,520	100
25	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$52,880	$30,850	470
26	Wausau, Wisconsin	$52,380	$39,620	500
27	Syracuse, New York	$52,380	$37,370	400
28	Rockford, Illinois	$52,200	$31,030	80
29	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$51,800	$37,000	1,160
30	Tacoma, Washington	$51,540	$28,900	320
31	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$51,410	$40,560	230
32	Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$51,390	$32,630	360
33	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$51,370	$38,210	830
34	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$50,900	$38,160	70
35	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$49,930	$43,220	100
36	Appleton, Wisconsin	$49,920	$37,510	680
37	Salem, Oregon	$49,870	$35,090	40
38	Savannah, Georgia	$49,640	$34,430	560
39	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$49,610	$37,530	190
40	Pine Bluff, Arkansas	$49,600	$29,900	340
41	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$49,520	$27,470	40
42	Yakima, Washington	$49,190	$36,630	120
43	Modesto, California	$49,180	$37,790	220
44	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$49,130	$38,050	250
45	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$49,030	$35,720	1,170
46	Racine, Wisconsin	$48,820	$37,310	190
47	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$48,800	$40,570	60
48	Glens Falls, New York	$48,540	$38,660	480
49	Visalia-Porterville, California	$48,350	$33,280	190
50	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$48,240	$36,320	470
51	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$48,160	$31,490	880
52	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$48,000	$38,780	1,340
53	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$47,980	$38,050	60
54	Nashua, New Hampshire	$47,980	$27,550	90
55	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$47,940	$36,700	380
56	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$47,880	$34,440	80
57	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$47,840	$38,550	280
58	Stockton, California	$47,770	$32,190	130
59	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$47,760	$35,810	670
60	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$47,740	$36,700	80
61	Watertown-Fort Drum, New York	$47,740	$37,400	60
62	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$47,730	$23,950	250
63	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$47,700	$37,430	300
64	Bowling Green, Kentucky	$47,620	$35,010	100
65	St Louis, Missouri	$47,590	$36,260	860
66	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$47,590	$32,630	270
67	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$47,480	$36,760	830
68	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$47,430	$41,230	120
69	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$47,360	$32,760	370
70	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$47,350	$30,870	320
71	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$47,320	$35,320	3,920
72	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$47,270	$29,710	170
73	Kansas City, Missouri	$47,260	$34,600	1,080
74	Dayton, Ohio	$47,130	$35,760	160
75	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$47,030	$36,900	1,280
76	Spokane, Washington	$46,990	$34,540	70
77	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$46,960	$35,570	290
78	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$46,940	$42,070	170
79	Gettysburg, Pennsylvania	$46,890	$37,160	250
80	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$46,890	$34,460	170
81	Richmond, Virginia	$46,840	$34,990	1,110
82	Reading, Pennsylvania	$46,770	$36,300	180
83	Asheville, North Carolina	$46,710	$28,010	300
84	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$46,690	$32,790	1,030
85	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$46,510	$33,740	70
86	Springfield, Massachusetts	$46,440	$30,790	450
87	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$46,410	$36,950	1,540
88	Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$46,360	$23,310	80
89	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$46,260	$31,230	150
90	Fresno, California	$46,070	$30,280	240
91	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$46,010	$32,620	750
92	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$45,960	$38,410	760
93	Florence, South Carolina	$45,950	$35,830	220
94	Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$45,800	$24,120	120
95	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$45,780	$34,260	190
96	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$45,730	$31,630	160
97	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$45,670	$39,140	340
98	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$45,650	$35,950	670
99	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$45,640	$38,310	250
100	Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$45,630	$31,960	280

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