Highest-paying Cities for Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

The top 81 highest paying cities for textile winding, twisting, and drawing out 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 winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $47,210, Decatur, Alabama is the highest paying city for textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders. It is followed by Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin (average annual salary $37,970). 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 winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 81 Highest-paying cities/areas for Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Decatur, Alabama	$47,210	$33,880	220
2	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$37,970	$33,030	40
3	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$37,610	$30,950	630
4	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$37,250	$33,140	50
5	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$37,180	$31,360	1,070
6	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$36,990	$30,430	140
7	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$36,910	$31,200	70
8	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$36,880	$29,150	40
9	Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$36,780	$30,190	590
10	Rome, Georgia	$36,610	$30,950	290
11	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$36,460	$26,510	100
12	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$35,700	$28,770	n/a
13	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$35,690	$29,210	610
14	Gainesville, Georgia	$34,890	$30,420	n/a
15	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$34,810	$19,010	40
16	North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$34,770	$31,180	1,640
17	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$34,660	$28,770	590
18	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$34,570	$24,220	40
19	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$34,510	$25,620	n/a
20	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$34,130	$32,530	90
21	Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$33,480	$31,070	80
22	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$33,480	$29,040	60
23	Dalton, Georgia	$33,350	$30,090	3,890
24	Asheville, North Carolina	$33,000	$25,870	50
25	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$32,810	$18,820	210
26	Columbia, South Carolina	$32,780	$29,250	70
27	Bloomsburg-Berwick, Pennsylvania	$32,260	$26,410	90
28	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$31,950	$30,330	330
29	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$31,880	$29,700	240
30	Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$31,670	$29,340	610
31	Richmond, Virginia	$31,660	$25,730	n/a
32	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$31,650	$28,520	220
33	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$31,510	$22,240	90
34	Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$31,480	$29,120	710
35	Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$31,450	$18,770	230
36	Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$31,430	$28,680	180
37	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$31,280	$27,990	1,360
38	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$31,200	$29,450	330
39	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$31,040	$30,190	70
40	Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$30,870	$27,260	210
41	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$30,840	$25,270	740
42	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$30,670	$27,910	100
43	Yuma, Arizona	$30,510	$30,510	240
44	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$30,510	$22,600	30
45	Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$30,430	$28,910	310
46	Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$30,400	$21,940	1,080
47	Worcester, Massachusetts	$30,220	$27,160	70
48	Bellingham, Washington	$30,070	$28,480	150
49	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$29,930	$25,710	90
50	Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$29,910	$29,700	450
51	Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$29,740	$27,150	610
52	Memphis, Tennessee	$29,470	$25,630	30
53	Burlington, North Carolina	$29,390	$26,900	210
54	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina	$29,340	$25,290	370
55	Reading, Pennsylvania	$29,220	$25,400	90
56	East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$28,850	$24,020	70
57	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$28,820	$21,710	30
58	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$28,740	$23,960	n/a
59	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$28,740	$23,960	n/a
60	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$28,730	$25,480	70
61	Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$28,590	$25,430	800
62	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$28,250	$25,480	240
63	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$27,610	$24,180	70
64	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$27,310	$20,670	110
65	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$27,280	$21,680	60
66	Pee Dee South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$26,910	$18,320	760
67	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$26,650	$18,740	50
68	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$26,170	$21,060	n/a
69	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$26,090	$18,230	70
70	Anderson, South Carolina	$25,950	$20,830	150
71	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$25,800	$21,390	320
72	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$25,450	$19,210	120
73	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$24,100	$21,040	60
74	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$23,910	$20,550	n/a
75	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$23,430	$19,400	120
76	Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$23,400	$20,610	90
77	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$23,290	$18,220	380
78	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$23,030	$17,880	100
79	Montgomery, Alabama	$20,670	$17,240	70
80	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$19,220	$16,760	50
81	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$19,200	$16,460	30

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