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Highest-paying States for Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

The highest-paying states for textile cutting 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 textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $41,600, Washington is the highest paying state for textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders. It is followed by Iowa (average annual salary $41,270). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders in a specific state, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Highest-paying States for Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (2022 Survey)

Rank	State	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Washington	$41,600	$35,520	170
2	Iowa	$41,270	$27,530	150
3	Louisiana	$38,740	$33,350	50
4	New York	$37,950	$31,190	390
5	Minnesota	$37,420	$27,490	130
6	Pennsylvania	$37,090	$28,730	240
7	Indiana	$37,020	$29,970	220
8	Oregon	$36,710	$31,600	140
9	Georgia	$36,490	$24,970	1,590
10	New Hampshire	$36,470	$30,400	120
11	Maryland	$36,310	$27,500	70
12	Illinois	$36,240	$29,630	400
13	Massachusetts	$36,200	$30,900	210
14	Michigan	$35,960	$28,460	60
15	Colorado	$35,960	$28,400	160
16	South Carolina	$35,910	$23,460	860
17	Arizona	$35,450	$31,810	70
18	North Carolina	$35,360	$23,060	1,060
19	California	$35,340	$31,730	960
20	Connecticut	$34,270	$31,570	60
21	Ohio	$33,430	$29,050	290
22	Wisconsin	$33,020	$24,890	150
23	Florida	$31,950	$27,750	270
24	Virginia	$31,950	$28,850	280
25	Maine	$31,420	$28,180	50
26	Mississippi	$31,390	$23,770	400
27	Tennessee	$30,360	$24,570	530
28	Hawaii	$30,090	$29,250	50
29	Idaho	$29,020	$24,780	40
30	Alabama	$28,940	$21,460	120
31	South Dakota	$28,720	$23,720	30
32	Arkansas	$28,680	$22,880	50
33	Oklahoma	$28,620	$25,810	50
34	Missouri	$27,740	$25,840	70
35	New Jersey	$27,720	$27,670	250
36	Nevada	$27,560	$19,980	60
37	Rhode Island	$27,330	$24,540	70
38	Kansas	$26,490	$23,630	140
39	Nebraska	$26,460	$21,030	30
40	Texas	$26,360	$20,610	460
41	Utah	$22,510	$18,050	50
42	Kentucky	$21,720	$17,980	90
43	Puerto Rico	$18,870	$17,720	140

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