The highest paying states for mixing and blending 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 mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $54,560, Alaska is the highest paying state for mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders. It is followed by Maine (average annual salary $44,910). 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 mixing and blending 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 | Alaska | $54,560 |
$28,720 | 60 |
| 2 | Maine | $44,910 |
$28,030 | 320 |
| 3 | Louisiana | $44,790 |
$29,830 | 1,720 |
| 4 | North Dakota | $44,250 |
$26,840 | 200 |
| 5 | Missouri | $42,790 |
$26,540 | 2,790 |
| 6 | New Jersey | $41,330 |
$26,140 | 4,150 |
| 7 | Wyoming | $40,760 |
$24,480 | 270 |
| 8 | Delaware | $40,760 |
$28,750 | 60 |
| 9 | Washington | $40,750 |
$25,520 | 1,790 |
| 10 | Rhode Island | $40,430 |
$28,380 | 350 |
| 11 | Iowa | $40,020 |
$27,510 | 2,930 |
| 12 | New Hampshire | $39,940 |
$27,890 | 360 |
| 13 | Connecticut | $39,330 |
$28,070 | 1,280 |
| 14 | Illinois | $38,970 |
$24,760 | 6,070 |
| 15 | Maryland | $38,700 |
$26,390 | 1,180 |
| 16 | Pennsylvania | $38,350 |
$27,490 | 5,430 |
| 17 | Arkansas | $38,320 |
$25,110 | 1,620 |
| 18 | Massachusetts | $38,280 |
$26,620 | 2,270 |
| 19 | Michigan | $38,250 |
$23,960 | 4,650 |
| 20 | Minnesota | $37,840 |
$25,740 | 2,240 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | $37,700 |
$26,120 | 5,150 |
| 22 | Indiana | $37,420 |
$24,470 | 5,180 |
| 23 | Ohio | $37,040 |
$24,840 | 7,110 |
| 24 | Kansas | $37,020 |
$26,330 | 1,840 |
| 25 | Alabama | $36,950 |
$22,120 | 2,190 |
| 26 | New York | $36,760 |
$22,380 | 6,380 |
| 27 | California | $36,690 |
$22,810 | 14,660 |
| 28 | Tennessee | $36,620 |
$22,300 | 2,490 |
| 29 | New Mexico | $36,620 |
$24,360 | 400 |
| 30 | Hawaii | $36,520 |
$21,350 | 110 |
| 31 | Nevada | $36,290 |
$19,480 | 840 |
| 32 | Virginia | $36,210 |
$23,020 | 1,650 |
| 33 | South Carolina | $35,810 |
$24,150 | 2,340 |
| 34 | Georgia | $35,650 |
$23,730 | 5,190 |
| 35 | West Virginia | $35,590 |
$19,580 | 590 |
| 36 | South Dakota | $35,580 |
$26,530 | 340 |
| 37 | Vermont | $35,430 |
$26,570 | 280 |
| 38 | Kentucky | $34,750 |
$22,260 | 2,260 |
| 39 | North Carolina | $34,680 |
$21,680 | 6,260 |
| 40 | Oregon | $34,670 |
$24,750 | 1,120 |
| 41 | Oklahoma | $34,520 |
$22,390 | 1,100 |
| 42 | Mississippi | $34,340 |
$21,000 | 1,050 |
| 43 | Nebraska | $34,280 |
$22,410 | 1,760 |
| 44 | Montana | $33,580 |
$22,350 | 160 |
| 45 | Idaho | $33,500 |
$26,060 | 390 |
| 46 | Utah | $32,610 |
$21,700 | 2,400 |
| 47 | Florida | $32,290 |
$21,940 | 5,320 |
| 48 | Texas | $31,800 |
$20,240 | 8,880 |
| 49 | Colorado | $30,970 |
$22,010 | 830 |
| 50 | Arizona | $29,940 |
$21,080 | 1,240 |
| 51 | Puerto Rico | $27,780 |
$17,680 | 2,130 |