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

The top 100 highest paying cities for textile cutting 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 textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $51,240, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is the highest paying city for textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders. It is followed by Peoria, Illinois (average annual salary $47,500). 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 textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$51,240	$37,010	40
2	Peoria, Illinois	$47,500	$37,400	270
3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$45,400	$35,190	90
4	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina	$44,160	$29,700	280
5	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$42,990	$22,820	30
6	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$41,880	$32,880	40
7	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$39,890	$30,480	90
8	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$39,050	$30,790	30
9	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$38,930	$27,260	360
10	Asheville, North Carolina	$38,820	$34,030	30
11	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$38,150	$25,190	70
12	Worcester, Massachusetts	$38,100	$31,990	n/a
13	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$38,090	$29,940	90
14	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$37,690	$32,820	110
15	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$37,480	$28,280	610
16	Manchester, New Hampshire	$37,270	$29,030	40
17	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$37,240	$32,180	140
18	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$36,590	$29,460	30
19	Dalton, Georgia	$36,490	$24,970	510
20	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$36,470	$34,320	70
21	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$36,320	$28,340	130
22	Reading, Pennsylvania	$36,130	$28,250	40
23	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$36,090	$28,600	100
24	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$35,960	$29,420	40
25	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$35,550	$24,400	170
26	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$35,450	$31,810	70
27	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$35,360	$26,460	80
28	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$35,290	$30,930	60
29	Columbia, South Carolina	$35,280	$28,230	110
30	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$35,050	$25,090	230
31	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$35,030	$30,870	50
32	Burlington, North Carolina	$34,910	$23,150	40
33	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$34,880	$33,930	40
34	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$34,680	$22,030	100
35	Columbus, Ohio	$34,580	$27,730	40
36	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$34,500	$24,890	40
37	Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$34,480	$22,650	40
38	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$34,320	$31,730	800
39	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$34,220	$23,860	40
40	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$34,040	$22,630	50
41	North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$33,830	$23,080	170
42	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$33,380	$25,270	40
43	Richmond, Virginia	$33,200	$28,850	40
44	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$33,120	$27,400	180
45	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$32,810	$27,500	40
46	Kansas City, Missouri	$32,670	$25,680	80
47	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$32,500	$25,500	50
48	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$32,480	$25,360	340
49	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$32,410	$28,230	100
50	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$32,360	$25,880	70
51	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$32,360	$29,630	240
52	Toledo, Ohio	$32,200	$24,810	40
53	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$32,180	$29,120	40
54	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$32,040	$16,880	40
55	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$31,280	$24,360	40
56	Rochester, New York	$31,010	$22,440	40
57	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$30,770	$22,210	n/a
58	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$30,710	$24,280	60
59	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$30,560	$23,560	80
60	Springfield, Massachusetts	$30,410	$22,140	60
61	New Haven, Connecticut	$30,380	$19,130	50
62	Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$30,360	$29,470	140
63	Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$30,350	$17,370	100
64	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$30,340	$30,320	60
65	Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$30,310	$30,310	80
66	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$30,190	$30,190	40
67	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$30,150	$25,360	60
68	Holland-Grand Haven, Michigan	$30,120	$25,530	n/a
69	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$30,090	$29,250	50
70	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$29,990	$22,060	30
71	Memphis, Tennessee	$29,800	$24,790	40
72	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$29,790	$27,670	730
73	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$29,750	$29,680	30
74	Spokane, Washington	$29,680	$25,390	50
75	Western Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$29,640	$24,460	50
76	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$29,580	$28,240	60
77	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$29,510	$23,160	140
78	Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$29,500	$23,510	90
79	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$29,250	$18,120	n/a
80	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$29,100	$21,480	n/a
81	Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$28,970	$20,150	40
82	Wichita, Kansas	$28,770	$23,530	40
83	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$28,710	$22,940	40
84	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$28,700	$21,400	n/a
85	Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$28,490	$18,670	60
86	St Louis, Missouri	$28,370	$20,910	80
87	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$28,260	$17,530	30
88	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$28,250	$21,200	130
89	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$28,050	$21,820	n/a
90	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$27,830	$21,340	50
91	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$27,700	$19,910	n/a
92	St Cloud, Minnesota	$27,640	$20,740	40
93	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$27,640	$20,330	100
94	Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$27,620	$18,860	30
95	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$27,600	$22,290	30
96	Knoxville, Tennessee	$27,580	$24,500	60
97	Morristown, Tennessee	$27,580	$21,310	n/a
98	East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$27,130	$17,540	60
99	Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$27,020	$21,730	40
100	Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$26,970	$22,650	80

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