Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender Salary in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa

The annual salary statistics of coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa is shown in Table 1. The wage data of coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2019 and published in April 2020 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$25,570
25th Percentile Wage
$28,520
50th Percentile Wage
$33,460
75th Percentile Wage
$40,070
90th Percentile Wage
$48,700

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $48,700. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $33,460. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $25,570.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders from 2012 to 2018.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth6-Year Growth
2018
$33,460
-3.41% 23.79%
2017
$34,600
8.38% -
2016
$31,700
1.01% -
2015
$31,380
6.79% -
2014
$29,250
3.76% -
2013
$28,150
9.41% -
2012
$25,500
- -

Table 2. Compare Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender Salary in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island with Other Iowa Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $33,460 in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island is in the middle of salary range for coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in state of Iowa. In comparison, the annual salary of coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island is 21.1 percent (21.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Ames and 13.7 percent (13.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Iowa City.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Ames
$42,430
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area
$40,840
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area
$36,580
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area
$36,550
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area
$36,460
Waterloo-Cedar Falls
$35,300
Cedar Rapids
$35,020
Dubuque
$34,280
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island
$33,460
Des Moines-West Des Moines
$33,410
Iowa City
$28,890

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