The highest-paying states for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing (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 woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $45,880, Wyoming is the highest paying state for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing. It is followed by Oregon (average annual salary $45,800). 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 woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wyoming | $45,880 |
$31,110 | 30 |
| 2 | Oregon | $45,800 |
$34,690 | 2,110 |
| 3 | Iowa | $45,360 |
$38,670 | 2,150 |
| 4 | Nevada | $44,310 |
$31,090 | 290 |
| 5 | Washington | $44,160 |
$35,240 | 1,850 |
| 6 | Minnesota | $42,300 |
$35,530 | 1,570 |
| 7 | New Jersey | $41,720 |
$30,360 | 200 |
| 8 | Colorado | $40,220 |
$31,680 | 380 |
| 9 | Hawaii | $40,130 |
$33,800 | 40 |
| 10 | California | $39,090 |
$31,930 | 4,320 |
| 11 | Maryland | $39,070 |
$30,260 | 510 |
| 12 | New York | $38,990 |
$31,070 | 1,100 |
| 13 | Massachusetts | $38,810 |
$34,280 | 500 |
| 14 | Idaho | $38,590 |
$31,310 | 1,150 |
| 15 | Illinois | $38,170 |
$29,170 | 1,110 |
| 16 | Pennsylvania | $38,170 |
$29,550 | 2,670 |
| 17 | Montana | $38,080 |
$30,480 | 470 |
| 18 | Rhode Island | $37,980 |
$28,050 | 110 |
| 19 | New Hampshire | $37,570 |
$28,460 | 380 |
| 20 | Vermont | $37,550 |
$31,130 | 390 |
| 21 | Ohio | $37,490 |
$30,840 | 2,570 |
| 22 | Wisconsin | $37,440 |
$29,570 | 3,110 |
| 23 | Louisiana | $37,380 |
$27,670 | 290 |
| 24 | Indiana | $37,370 |
$28,800 | 4,460 |
| 25 | South Carolina | $36,930 |
$25,390 | 1,220 |
| 26 | North Dakota | $36,360 |
$26,910 | 160 |
| 27 | Michigan | $36,230 |
$28,550 | 2,470 |
| 28 | Arizona | $36,230 |
$29,810 | 1,010 |
| 29 | Connecticut | $36,230 |
$31,060 | 220 |
| 30 | Georgia | $36,030 |
$27,560 | 2,240 |
| 31 | Utah | $35,930 |
$29,900 | 860 |
| 32 | Maine | $35,390 |
$29,110 | 570 |
| 33 | Tennessee | $34,630 |
$25,400 | 2,320 |
| 34 | Alaska | $34,390 |
$22,240 | 40 |
| 35 | North Carolina | $34,320 |
$25,840 | 4,070 |
| 36 | Kansas | $33,670 |
$29,090 | 550 |
| 37 | Delaware | $33,130 |
$26,690 | 50 |
| 38 | Florida | $33,070 |
$26,070 | 1,260 |
| 39 | West Virginia | $32,070 |
$25,760 | 670 |
| 40 | Texas | $31,920 |
$23,380 | 2,940 |
| 41 | South Dakota | $31,770 |
$29,620 | 380 |
| 42 | Mississippi | $31,740 |
$23,930 | 1,190 |
| 43 | Missouri | $31,730 |
$23,190 | 1,350 |
| 44 | Virginia | $31,680 |
$24,160 | 1,890 |
| 45 | Nebraska | $31,410 |
$31,240 | 340 |
| 46 | Kentucky | $31,400 |
$24,430 | 1,730 |
| 47 | Alabama | $31,040 |
$24,220 | 2,690 |
| 48 | Oklahoma | $30,750 |
$25,120 | 270 |
| 49 | Arkansas | $30,420 |
$24,380 | 1,300 |
| 50 | New Mexico | $30,000 |
$27,410 | 150 |
| 51 | Puerto Rico | $18,490 |
$17,760 | 110 |