The highest-paying states for coating, painting, and spraying 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 coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $55,110, Maine is the highest paying state for coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders. It is followed by Alaska (average annual salary $48,370). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2020 [1]. For more salary information of coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maine | $55,110 |
$34,330 | 350 |
| 2 | Alaska | $48,370 |
$22,010 | 30 |
| 3 | Minnesota | $40,450 |
$29,730 | 2,760 |
| 4 | Delaware | $38,500 |
$28,280 | 60 |
| 5 | New Jersey | $38,140 |
$22,410 | 1,940 |
| 6 | Connecticut | $38,110 |
$25,810 | 1,360 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | $37,680 |
$27,000 | 5,340 |
| 8 | Iowa | $37,480 |
$27,360 | 2,260 |
| 9 | Louisiana | $37,300 |
$25,080 | 510 |
| 10 | Vermont | $37,050 |
$28,380 | 160 |
| 11 | Nebraska | $36,920 |
$27,070 | 920 |
| 12 | Washington | $36,770 |
$27,210 | 1,780 |
| 13 | Wyoming | $36,690 |
$28,190 | 60 |
| 14 | New Hampshire | $36,680 |
$28,100 | 540 |
| 15 | Texas | $36,680 |
$23,950 | 8,590 |
| 16 | Maryland | $36,500 |
$25,840 | 280 |
| 17 | Massachusetts | $35,970 |
$24,530 | 1,780 |
| 18 | West Virginia | $35,930 |
$24,420 | 500 |
| 19 | Oregon | $35,750 |
$26,210 | 1,510 |
| 20 | Ohio | $35,280 |
$25,530 | 5,550 |
| 21 | South Dakota | $35,210 |
$26,370 | 810 |
| 22 | Illinois | $35,190 |
$22,910 | 2,680 |
| 23 | South Carolina | $35,080 |
$25,080 | 1,330 |
| 24 | Virginia | $35,050 |
$24,260 | 1,600 |
| 25 | Pennsylvania | $34,970 |
$23,740 | 3,410 |
| 26 | North Dakota | $34,940 |
$28,040 | 310 |
| 27 | New York | $34,910 |
$24,550 | 1,900 |
| 28 | California | $34,890 |
$24,890 | 6,400 |
| 29 | Montana | $34,840 |
$27,080 | 170 |
| 30 | Kentucky | $34,120 |
$22,400 | 1,510 |
| 31 | Kansas | $34,080 |
$24,410 | 1,280 |
| 32 | Oklahoma | $34,080 |
$23,230 | 1,970 |
| 33 | Colorado | $33,720 |
$24,830 | 940 |
| 34 | Missouri | $33,610 |
$22,860 | 1,790 |
| 35 | Arkansas | $33,300 |
$23,110 | 1,000 |
| 36 | Florida | $33,170 |
$21,740 | 2,490 |
| 37 | Tennessee | $33,000 |
$22,370 | 2,550 |
| 38 | Arizona | $32,570 |
$24,900 | 1,060 |
| 39 | North Carolina | $32,250 |
$23,010 | 2,990 |
| 40 | Indiana | $32,180 |
$22,150 | 4,400 |
| 41 | Utah | $31,810 |
$22,200 | 840 |
| 42 | Georgia | $31,780 |
$21,640 | 2,140 |
| 43 | Mississippi | $31,210 |
$22,140 | 570 |
| 44 | Hawaii | $31,040 |
$23,410 | 30 |
| 45 | Rhode Island | $31,010 |
$22,330 | 150 |
| 46 | Alabama | $30,420 |
$21,840 | 1,940 |
| 47 | Nevada | $30,050 |
$20,950 | 380 |
| 48 | Idaho | $29,460 |
$22,090 | 250 |
| 49 | Michigan | $29,390 |
$21,760 | 5,270 |
| 50 | New Mexico | $27,620 |
$21,820 | 120 |
| 51 | Puerto Rico | $21,600 |
$17,190 | 50 |