National Salary Info » Highest Paying States for Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Highest Paying States for Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

The highest paying states for paper goods 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 paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $55,150, South Carolina is the highest paying state for paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders. It is followed by Delaware (average annual salary $54,470). 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 paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders in a specific state, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Highest Paying States for Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Rank	State	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	South Carolina	$55,150	$29,560	3,870
2	Delaware	$54,470	$42,280	190
3	West Virginia	$53,500	$31,540	60
4	Oregon	$51,660	$34,780	1,080
5	New Hampshire	$49,360	$28,100	180
6	Washington	$47,070	$28,150	1,770
7	Oklahoma	$45,670	$23,510	1,530
8	Missouri	$45,270	$26,140	3,080
9	Louisiana	$44,600	$28,790	600
10	Maine	$43,560	$30,560	260
11	Wisconsin	$43,270	$27,480	8,890
12	Kentucky	$42,800	$24,430	2,640
13	Virginia	$41,170	$25,670	2,740
14	Alabama	$40,920	$23,840	2,810
15	Pennsylvania	$39,650	$25,940	6,030
16	Maryland	$39,560	$22,900	1,000
17	Connecticut	$38,960	$26,340	970
18	Minnesota	$38,760	$25,260	1,880
19	Idaho	$38,600	$22,160	360
20	Ohio	$37,950	$24,200	4,170
21	Arkansas	$37,540	$21,880	1,810
22	Illinois	$36,700	$23,100	3,590
23	Georgia	$36,390	$21,490	5,610
24	Michigan	$36,180	$22,830	3,540
25	California	$35,570	$22,980	5,600
26	Vermont	$35,560	$25,320	380
27	New York	$34,860	$21,730	4,890
28	Iowa	$34,770	$23,250	1,170
29	Mississippi	$34,770	$21,970	630
30	Massachusetts	$34,760	$24,130	1,150
31	North Carolina	$34,730	$20,140	4,900
32	Rhode Island	$33,470	$22,650	230
33	South Dakota	$33,410	$23,110	160
34	Florida	$33,250	$22,240	2,420
35	Indiana	$32,920	$22,840	2,250
36	Kansas	$32,790	$24,710	550
37	Utah	$32,270	$21,780	580
38	Nebraska	$32,120	$25,930	450
39	Arizona	$31,860	$21,790	410
40	Colorado	$31,800	$23,300	260
41	Texas	$30,580	$20,700	4,610
42	Nevada	$30,360	$21,750	440
43	Tennessee	$30,290	$20,040	2,550
44	New Jersey	$27,860	$19,050	2,070
45	New Mexico	$27,380	$20,950	250
46	Puerto Rico	$20,900	$17,080	190

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