The highest paying states for crushing, grinding, and polishing 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 crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $71,260, Wyoming is the highest paying state for crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders. It is followed by Hawaii (average annual salary $64,500). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2018 [1]. For more salary information of crushing, grinding, and polishing 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 | Wyoming | $71,260 |
$44,580 | 120 |
| 2 | Hawaii | $64,500 |
$24,490 | 40 |
| 3 | Alaska | $55,950 |
$40,990 | 100 |
| 4 | Vermont | $45,490 |
$30,260 | 230 |
| 5 | Utah | $44,730 |
$31,480 | 310 |
| 6 | Nevada | $44,390 |
$30,160 | 460 |
| 7 | Massachusetts | $43,860 |
$29,520 | 600 |
| 8 | New Hampshire | $43,070 |
$29,400 | 240 |
| 9 | Idaho | $42,790 |
$27,780 | 190 |
| 10 | North Dakota | $42,540 |
$26,480 | 340 |
| 11 | Montana | $42,250 |
$26,920 | 250 |
| 12 | Delaware | $42,090 |
$26,380 | 40 |
| 13 | Maryland | $41,710 |
$27,260 | 280 |
| 14 | West Virginia | $41,300 |
$25,200 | 100 |
| 15 | New Mexico | $41,240 |
$26,290 | 140 |
| 16 | Minnesota | $41,060 |
$28,750 | 920 |
| 17 | Louisiana | $39,130 |
$26,080 | 390 |
| 18 | Connecticut | $38,450 |
$24,470 | 510 |
| 19 | Colorado | $38,260 |
$27,440 | 600 |
| 20 | Kentucky | $38,160 |
$24,190 | 830 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | $38,110 |
$22,260 | 960 |
| 22 | Pennsylvania | $38,000 |
$27,390 | 1,030 |
| 23 | Maine | $37,350 |
$26,810 | 140 |
| 24 | Nebraska | $37,300 |
$27,070 | 350 |
| 25 | Oregon | $37,020 |
$26,420 | 820 |
| 26 | Arizona | $36,930 |
$26,750 | 500 |
| 27 | Alabama | $36,900 |
$23,130 | 1,100 |
| 28 | Iowa | $36,870 |
$25,070 | 1,200 |
| 29 | New Jersey | $36,170 |
$23,270 | 730 |
| 30 | Florida | $35,780 |
$23,730 | 1,060 |
| 31 | Indiana | $35,740 |
$22,980 | 1,020 |
| 32 | Kansas | $35,640 |
$25,410 | 330 |
| 33 | South Carolina | $35,380 |
$21,930 | 280 |
| 34 | Ohio | $35,270 |
$21,470 | 1,410 |
| 35 | New York | $34,920 |
$22,510 | 1,400 |
| 36 | Georgia | $34,470 |
$22,850 | 710 |
| 37 | Tennessee | $34,250 |
$23,220 | 480 |
| 38 | Virginia | $33,780 |
$25,440 | 630 |
| 39 | Washington | $33,760 |
$24,640 | 350 |
| 40 | Missouri | $32,590 |
$22,550 | 540 |
| 41 | Illinois | $32,290 |
$21,960 | 1,040 |
| 42 | Texas | $31,170 |
$20,160 | 2,990 |
| 43 | North Carolina | $30,920 |
$21,450 | 650 |
| 44 | Michigan | $30,860 |
$22,800 | 580 |
| 45 | Oklahoma | $30,640 |
$21,360 | 540 |
| 46 | South Dakota | $29,770 |
$24,640 | 190 |
| 47 | California | $29,010 |
$22,330 | 3,180 |
| 48 | Rhode Island | $28,790 |
$21,830 | 50 |
| 49 | Arkansas | $28,250 |
$19,980 | 400 |
| 50 | Mississippi | $25,690 |
$18,970 | 120 |
| 51 | Puerto Rico | $21,380 |
$16,850 | 190 |