The annual salary statistics of woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $20,800 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $22,800 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $38,460 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $46,300 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $46,300 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $46,300. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $38,460. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $20,800.
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 | $38,460 | 34.50% | 37.08% |
| 2019 | $25,190 | 3.26% | - |
| 2018 | $24,370 | 1.23% | - |
| 2017 | $24,070 | -0.54% | - |
| 2016 | $24,200 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $24,200 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $38,460, Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood is the highest paying city for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in state of Texas, followed by Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area (median annual salary $36,500). In comparison, the median annual salary of woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood is 5.1 percent (5.1%) higher than that in Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area.