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

The top 100 highest paying cities for textile knitting and weaving 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 knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $55,890, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina is the highest paying city for textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders. It is followed by Reading, Pennsylvania (average annual salary $47,990). 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 knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$55,890	$36,160	80
2	Reading, Pennsylvania	$47,990	$28,720	80
3	Appleton, Wisconsin	$47,440	$47,440	160
4	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$47,160	$24,790	60
5	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$46,610	$27,890	60
6	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$45,620	$24,920	100
7	Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$41,060	$29,400	170
8	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$40,180	$29,170	n/a
9	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$39,780	$28,940	330
10	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$39,440	$31,980	140
11	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$39,270	$30,820	40
12	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$38,810	$31,480	120
13	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$38,360	$29,690	130
14	Columbia, South Carolina	$37,800	$30,870	90
15	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$37,640	$31,760	770
16	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$37,440	$28,560	230
17	Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$37,410	$28,320	330
18	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$37,380	$30,560	200
19	Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$37,370	$22,170	110
20	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$37,320	$30,440	880
21	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$36,920	$28,050	130
22	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$36,920	$31,930	30
23	Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$36,860	$30,150	140
24	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$36,490	$27,900	360
25	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$36,440	$27,220	130
26	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$36,340	$28,270	480
27	Kansas City, Missouri	$35,890	$28,530	50
28	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$35,820	$28,720	60
29	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$35,670	$30,990	320
30	Rochester, New York	$35,610	$30,110	130
31	Nashua, New Hampshire	$35,560	$26,430	70
32	Dalton, Georgia	$35,420	$30,630	2,320
33	North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$35,190	$28,240	630
34	East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$34,720	$20,680	70
35	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$34,520	$27,810	40
36	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$34,460	$30,910	510
37	Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Virginia	$34,070	$30,140	50
38	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$33,460	$23,250	60
39	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$33,190	$26,040	120
40	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$33,070	$28,190	n/a
41	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$33,000	$28,540	170
42	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$32,330	$25,480	220
43	Asheville, North Carolina	$32,070	$28,500	130
44	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$32,020	$25,670	50
45	St Louis, Missouri	$31,970	$26,310	60
46	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$31,280	$21,060	30
47	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$30,870	$22,260	80
48	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$30,870	$24,880	70
49	Knoxville, Tennessee	$30,840	$22,900	60
50	Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$30,380	$22,040	630
51	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$30,220	$17,170	170
52	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$30,040	$24,220	530
53	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$29,740	$17,890	n/a
54	Rome, Georgia	$29,710	$25,730	n/a
55	Anderson, South Carolina	$29,600	$25,170	550
56	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina	$29,570	$27,910	440
57	Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$29,530	$24,180	680
58	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$29,480	$27,560	n/a
59	Burlington, North Carolina	$29,350	$24,440	280
60	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$29,330	$24,200	50
61	Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$29,310	$27,880	340
62	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$28,990	$26,620	40
63	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$28,550	$23,790	30
64	Cleveland, Tennessee	$28,190	$24,850	70
65	Evansville, Kentucky	$28,010	$24,580	90
66	Pee Dee South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$27,970	$20,150	n/a
67	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$27,840	$21,930	40
68	Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$27,400	$24,440	n/a
69	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$27,120	$25,140	40
70	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$27,110	$19,260	170
71	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$26,940	$20,550	60
72	Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$26,700	$18,180	440
73	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$26,510	$20,870	120
74	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$26,460	$23,530	50
75	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$26,070	$17,760	n/a
76	Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$25,930	$23,280	340
77	Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$25,230	$18,380	530
78	Memphis, Tennessee	$24,970	$24,400	n/a
79	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$24,830	$19,340	70
80	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$24,830	$20,230	n/a
81	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$24,470	$20,300	30
82	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$24,470	$22,540	30
83	Bellingham, Washington	$24,430	$20,570	70
84	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$23,760	$21,390	790
85	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$23,690	$18,390	120
86	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$23,260	$17,540	50
87	Dayton, Ohio	$23,120	$20,100	40
88	Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$23,110	$19,860	210
89	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$23,000	$16,900	60
90	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$22,660	$17,850	1,310
91	Camden, New Jersey	$21,370	$16,530	130
92	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$19,940	$17,280	410
93	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$19,380	$18,480	100
94	Rocky Mount, North Carolina	$18,930	$16,250	50
95	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	$18,040	$15,830	120

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