Highest-paying Cities for Wood Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

The top 100 highest paying cities for wood sawing 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 wood sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $54,310, Nassau-Suffolk, New York is the highest paying city for wood sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders. It is followed by Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa (average annual salary $52,530). 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 wood sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$54,310	$31,960	70
2	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$52,530	$36,470	130
3	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$51,380	$41,900	40
4	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$50,700	$23,650	30
5	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$49,400	$34,680	430
6	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$49,070	$31,870	130
7	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$49,030	$39,280	110
8	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$48,520	$38,220	440
9	Missoula, Montana	$48,280	$38,950	60
10	Appleton, Wisconsin	$47,860	$34,900	100
11	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$47,760	$34,660	420
12	Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$47,580	$28,590	60
13	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$47,440	$35,400	110
14	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$47,420	$36,380	410
15	Lewiston, Washington	$47,370	$37,490	70
16	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$47,340	$34,900	130
17	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$47,330	$40,260	30
18	Winnsboro nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$47,270	$27,400	70
19	Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$47,090	$30,250	140
20	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$46,930	$37,220	80
21	Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$46,860	$31,730	450
22	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$46,840	$33,380	50
23	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$46,690	$31,870	150
24	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$46,600	$32,650	170
25	Medford, Oregon	$46,480	$35,960	120
26	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$46,330	$38,620	40
27	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$45,930	$39,730	100
28	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$45,820	$38,460	30
29	Longview, Washington	$45,500	$39,700	160
30	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$45,300	$32,690	380
31	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$45,270	$37,730	50
32	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$44,620	$31,910	270
33	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$44,420	$35,110	60
34	Jackson, Tennessee	$43,650	$28,560	30
35	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$43,120	$35,550	150
36	Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$43,090	$21,290	460
37	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$42,990	$36,300	830
38	Fresno, California	$42,790	$34,950	30
39	Savannah, Georgia	$42,770	$30,010	40
40	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$42,720	$29,160	30
41	Akron, Ohio	$42,420	$31,670	30
42	Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$41,980	$29,260	200
43	Albany, Oregon	$41,890	$30,930	140
44	St Cloud, Minnesota	$41,870	$31,670	90
45	Stockton, California	$41,850	$34,980	80
46	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$41,670	$36,140	310
47	Southern Oregon and Linn County nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$41,480	$32,440	390
48	North Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$41,430	$31,570	380
49	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$41,140	$33,070	40
50	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$40,740	$27,010	70
51	Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$40,670	$24,640	100
52	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$40,490	$29,490	60
53	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$40,460	$29,030	120
54	Spokane, Washington	$40,350	$31,730	170
55	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$39,990	$33,050	270
56	Coeur dAlene, Idaho	$39,940	$33,800	150
57	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$39,890	$36,080	120
58	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$39,890	$30,210	240
59	Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$39,550	$29,100	110
60	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$39,530	$32,350	40
61	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$39,360	$29,090	40
62	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$39,320	$34,660	30
63	Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$39,320	$26,640	110
64	Wausau, Wisconsin	$39,190	$28,640	160
65	Bend, Oregon	$39,100	$35,820	70
66	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$39,040	$27,460	70
67	Charlottesville, Virginia	$38,960	$30,200	50
68	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$38,840	$31,880	140
69	Bellingham, Washington	$38,830	$31,270	110
70	Lebanon, Pennsylvania	$38,770	$27,760	80
71	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$38,750	$22,520	100
72	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$38,600	$28,950	350
73	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$38,590	$31,680	100
74	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$38,590	$29,480	80
75	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$38,550	$29,530	220
76	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$38,550	$23,480	120
77	Pine Bluff, Arkansas	$38,470	$25,500	80
78	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$38,370	$30,320	40
79	Worcester, Massachusetts	$38,170	$32,780	40
80	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$38,170	$30,560	170
81	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$38,130	$31,200	40
82	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$38,100	$26,670	40
83	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$38,080	$32,010	80
84	Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$38,020	$29,120	110
85	Greeley, Colorado	$38,010	$37,520	40
86	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$37,900	$29,390	260
87	St George, Utah	$37,900	$30,320	70
88	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$37,830	$31,490	340
89	Madison, Wisconsin	$37,760	$30,000	50
90	Port St Lucie, Florida	$37,740	$27,680	50
91	Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$37,710	$31,590	150
92	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$37,680	$29,040	50
93	Redding, California	$37,630	$34,560	40
94	West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$37,600	$26,720	270
95	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$37,570	$32,060	60
96	Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$37,480	$31,010	50
97	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$37,480	$26,520	50
98	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$37,480	$31,870	230
99	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$37,470	$30,680	290
100	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$37,440	$29,190	240

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