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Woodworking Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Except Sawing Salary in Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana

The annual salary statistics of woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana is shown in Table 1. The wage information of woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Indianapolis-Carmel is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing in Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$26,950
25th Percentile Wage	$29,410
50th Percentile Wage	$37,270
75th Percentile Wage	$39,090
90th Percentile Wage	$51,150

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $51,150. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $37,270. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $26,950.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing from 2012 to 2022.

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	10-Year Growth
2022	$37,270	18.65%	21.55%
2021	$30,320	2.21%	-
2020	$29,650	-0.61%	-
2019	$29,830	0.17%	-
2018	$29,780	-0.71%	-
2017	$29,990	-8.84%	-
2016	$32,640	-0.67%	-
2015	$32,860	3.90%	-
2014	$31,580	10.67%	-
2013	$28,210	-3.65%	-
2012	$29,240	-	-

Table 2. Compare Woodworking Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Except Sawing Salary in Indianapolis-Carmel with Other Indiana Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $37,270 in Indianapolis-Carmel is in the middle of salary range for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in state of Indiana. In comparison, the annual salary of woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Indianapolis-Carmel is 2.9 percent (2.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Elkhart-Goshen and 52.9 percent (52.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Michigan City-La Porte.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
Elkhart-Goshen	$38,380
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	$37,840
Bloomington	$37,490
Indianapolis-Carmel	$37,270
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	$36,580
Fort Wayne	$36,120
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	$35,120
Gary	$30,130
Terre Haute	$27,690
Michigan City-La Porte	$17,570