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Highest Paying States for Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

The highest paying states for cutting and slicing 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 cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $48,210, Maine is the highest paying state for cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders. It is followed by Iowa (average annual salary $41,870). 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 cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders in a specific state, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Highest Paying States for Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Rank	State	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Maine	$48,210	$29,450	320
2	Iowa	$41,870	$27,930	800
3	New Hampshire	$40,950	$25,570	310
4	Rhode Island	$39,070	$28,730	200
5	Maryland	$38,900	$28,760	240
6	Connecticut	$38,670	$28,250	600
7	Delaware	$38,590	$26,610	70
8	Minnesota	$38,400	$26,620	2,220
9	Kentucky	$36,870	$23,810	1,150
10	Oregon	$36,850	$26,470	540
11	Montana	$36,780	$26,860	110
12	Wisconsin	$36,670	$25,900	2,890
13	Virginia	$36,650	$24,930	1,710
14	Massachusetts	$36,600	$25,540	1,550
15	Missouri	$36,310	$21,430	920
16	North Dakota	$36,090	$29,540	120
17	Washington	$35,990	$27,130	1,510
18	Louisiana	$35,550	$21,390	240
19	Idaho	$35,410	$22,840	230
20	Nebraska	$34,990	$26,820	760
21	Ohio	$34,940	$23,750	3,890
22	South Carolina	$34,830	$21,160	1,320
23	Illinois	$34,780	$24,220	2,340
24	Colorado	$34,660	$25,070	800
25	South Dakota	$34,510	$25,350	630
26	Pennsylvania	$34,360	$22,960	2,420
27	Tennessee	$33,780	$22,100	1,800
28	New York	$33,690	$22,460	2,300
29	Nevada	$33,230	$25,910	410
30	Alabama	$32,790	$22,140	1,680
31	North Carolina	$32,670	$22,430	3,390
32	Michigan	$32,620	$20,580	1,760
33	Florida	$32,160	$22,070	1,470
34	Vermont	$31,590	$23,650	370
35	West Virginia	$31,080	$25,550	50
36	Texas	$30,730	$21,480	3,740
37	Indiana	$30,680	$20,500	1,770
38	Arkansas	$30,660	$21,280	820
39	California	$30,600	$22,230	5,160
40	Oklahoma	$30,210	$25,680	1,140
41	Utah	$30,020	$19,340	570
42	Kansas	$29,880	$21,150	900
43	New Jersey	$29,800	$20,790	2,150
44	Arizona	$29,530	$23,350	460
45	Georgia	$29,480	$20,250	2,330
46	Hawaii	$27,620	$19,660	50
47	Puerto Rico	$25,760	$17,440	90
48	New Mexico	$25,150	$20,890	90
49	Mississippi	$24,350	$16,750	800

Note: some states are missing from this table because the median salary information of cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders in those states is not available at this time.