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

The top 100 highest paying cities for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing (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 woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $66,820, Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada is the highest paying city for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing. It is followed by Longview, Washington (average annual salary $51,030). 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 woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$66,820	$37,220	50
2	Longview, Washington	$51,030	$38,500	100
3	Muskegon-Norton Shores, Michigan	$50,700	$30,950	70
4	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$49,510	$46,320	790
5	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$48,840	$28,840	60
6	Savannah, Georgia	$47,970	$37,030	140
7	Albany, Oregon	$47,960	$36,400	90
8	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$47,770	$30,140	70
9	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$47,640	$39,320	90
10	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$47,620	$35,060	390
11	Boulder, Colorado	$47,510	$37,850	30
12	Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$47,160	$37,330	170
13	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$46,830	$38,330	360
14	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$46,630	$36,220	380
15	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$46,070	$37,620	270
16	Bend, Oregon	$45,800	$38,120	200
17	Dubuque, Iowa	$45,570	$40,240	180
18	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$45,440	$26,740	30
19	Napa, California	$45,390	$35,960	70
20	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$45,340	$34,600	450
21	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$45,310	$33,560	450
22	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$45,250	$31,430	180
23	Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$45,200	$28,110	70
24	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$45,190	$30,240	70
25	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$44,970	$31,730	110
26	Medford, Oregon	$44,720	$31,040	150
27	Missoula, Montana	$44,490	$34,470	80
28	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$44,310	$43,310	440
29	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$44,140	$37,220	770
30	Olympia, Washington	$44,100	$34,960	40
31	Southern Oregon and Linn County nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$44,060	$27,160	260
32	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$44,030	$35,330	90
33	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$43,910	$36,510	120
34	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$43,840	$37,670	600
35	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$43,540	$31,320	30
36	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$43,450	$39,100	160
37	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$42,760	$28,400	80
38	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$42,630	$29,890	730
39	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$42,280	$26,990	30
40	Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$41,920	$27,830	100
41	Lewiston, Washington	$41,840	$40,060	40
42	North Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$41,620	$22,550	130
43	Johnstown, Pennsylvania	$41,540	$21,610	40
44	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$41,450	$36,870	110
45	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$41,200	$34,730	90
46	Coeur dAlene, Idaho	$41,130	$34,770	130
47	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$41,000	$30,240	290
48	Rochester, Minnesota	$40,840	$30,120	40
49	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$40,730	$32,650	300
50	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$40,450	$31,130	30
51	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$40,410	$29,800	40
52	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$40,220	$35,910	70
53	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$40,220	$34,590	150
54	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$40,130	$32,570	30
55	Chico, California	$40,060	$30,110	30
56	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$39,990	$31,720	90
57	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$39,970	$31,660	110
58	St Cloud, Minnesota	$39,890	$36,680	130
59	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$39,810	$28,720	660
60	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$39,790	$32,760	80
61	Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$39,780	$26,970	40
62	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$39,740	$31,530	100
63	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$39,700	$29,570	340
64	Yuba City, California	$39,700	$33,730	110
65	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$39,550	$29,690	70
66	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$39,520	$34,890	70
67	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$39,510	$35,650	350
68	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$39,500	$34,170	310
69	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$39,410	$31,630	400
70	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$39,340	$34,750	150
71	Winchester, West Virginia	$39,290	$24,730	30
72	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$39,290	$33,290	70
73	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$39,160	$29,380	100
74	Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$39,090	$28,960	230
75	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$39,090	$31,300	50
76	Stockton, California	$39,090	$33,570	170
77	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$38,950	$30,170	450
78	Logan, Utah	$38,950	$22,920	40
79	Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$38,810	$28,330	120
80	Duluth, Wisconsin	$38,800	$34,740	70
81	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$38,790	$31,090	90
82	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$38,670	$31,920	190
83	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$38,620	$31,510	40
84	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$38,590	$31,270	390
85	Worcester, Massachusetts	$38,550	$33,420	50
86	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$38,510	$29,130	170
87	Columbus, Ohio	$38,500	$34,840	220
88	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$38,490	$28,880	200
89	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$38,460	$20,800	70
90	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$38,380	$30,720	1,070
91	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$38,350	$35,610	210
92	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$38,320	$30,780	490
93	Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$38,320	$27,980	240
94	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$38,300	$31,730	240
95	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$38,280	$30,140	110
96	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$38,260	$30,360	200
97	Rockford, Illinois	$38,180	$29,570	50
98	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$38,180	$31,200	270
99	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$38,170	$29,650	40
100	North Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$38,120	$31,080	130

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