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Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender Salary in Fort Smith, Oklahoma

The annual salary statistics of coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Fort Smith, Oklahoma is shown in Table 1. The wage information of coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Fort Smith 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 Fort Smith, Oklahoma

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$21,140
25th Percentile Wage	$23,710
50th Percentile Wage	$30,860
75th Percentile Wage	$37,900
90th Percentile Wage	$44,900

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Fort Smith, Oklahoma in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $44,900. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $30,860. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $21,140.

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.

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	6-Year Growth
2018	$30,860	11.99%	-33.99%
2017	$27,160	-36.05%	-
2016	$36,950	1.92%	-
2015	$36,240	7.20%	-
2014	$33,630	-25.16%	-
2013	$42,090	1.76%	-
2012	$41,350	-	-

Table 2. Compare Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender Salary in Fort Smith with Other Oklahoma Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $30,860 in Fort Smith is in the middle of salary range for coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in state of Oklahoma. In comparison, the annual salary of coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Fort Smith is 25.7 percent (25.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Enid and 8.8 percent (8.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
Enid	$41,560
Tulsa	$35,870
Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	$33,760
Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	$32,630
Oklahoma City	$32,050
Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	$31,970
Fort Smith	$30,860
Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	$28,140