Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender Salary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The annual salary statistics of textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is shown in Table 1. The wage information of textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders in Philadelphia 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 Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$25,360
25th Percentile Wage
$27,440
50th Percentile Wage
$30,150
75th Percentile Wage
$34,140
90th Percentile Wage
$40,120

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $40,120. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $30,150. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $25,360.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders from 2012 to 2016.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth4-Year Growth
2016
$30,150
9.98% 5.87%
2015
$27,140
-5.42% -
2014
$28,610
-2.13% -
2013
$29,220
2.87% -
2012
$28,380
- -

Table 2. Compare Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender Salary in Philadelphia with Other Pennsylvania Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $30,150 in Philadelphia is in the middle of salary range for textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders in state of Pennsylvania. In comparison, the annual salary of textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders in Philadelphia is 22.8 percent (22.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton and 30.6 percent (30.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying York-Hanover.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
$39,050
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington
$38,090
Reading
$36,130
Newark-Union
$34,680
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre
$30,770
Philadelphia
$30,150
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
$29,990
Pittsburgh
$29,750
East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
$27,130
York-Hanover
$20,920