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Woodworking Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Except Sawing Salary in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

The annual salary statistics of woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Sioux Falls, South Dakota is shown in Table 1. The wage data of woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Sioux Falls 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 Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$30,530
25th Percentile Wage	$30,530
50th Percentile Wage	$33,050
75th Percentile Wage	$37,760
90th Percentile Wage	$45,190

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $45,190. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $33,050. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,530.

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	$33,050	9.20%	14.49%
2021	$30,010	-5.23%	-
2020	$31,580	11.94%	-
2019	$27,810	-1.40%	-
2018	$28,200	7.27%	-
2017	$26,150	-10.33%	-
2016	$28,850	10.02%	-
2015	$25,960	-8.17%	-
2014	$28,080	-3.38%	-
2013	$29,030	2.65%	-
2012	$28,260	-	-

Table 2. Compare Woodworking Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Except Sawing Salary in Sioux Falls with Other South Dakota Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $33,050 in Sioux Falls is in the middle of salary range for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in state of South Dakota. In comparison, the annual salary of woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Sioux Falls is 9.7 percent (9.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Western South Dakota nonmetropolitan area and 5.7 percent (5.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Sioux City.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
Western South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	$36,590
Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	$36,090
Sioux Falls	$33,050
Rapid City	$31,770
Sioux City	$31,170