Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender Salary in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington

The annual salary statistics of coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington is shown in Table 1. The wage data of coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 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 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$27,110
25th Percentile Wage
$30,090
50th Percentile Wage
$35,390
75th Percentile Wage
$42,500
90th Percentile Wage
$53,140

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $53,140. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $35,390. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,110.

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 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$35,390
-0.99% 9.97%
2016
$35,740
5.68% -
2015
$33,710
-0.03% -
2014
$33,720
5.81% -
2013
$31,760
-0.31% -
2012
$31,860
- -

Table 2. Compare Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender Salary in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett with Other Washington Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $35,390 in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett is in the middle of salary range for coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in state of Washington. In comparison, the annual salary of coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett is 11.4 percent (11.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Wenatchee-East Wenatchee and 18.1 percent (18.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee
$39,930
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue
$37,690
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro
$37,170
Tacoma
$35,830
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett
$35,390
Longview
$35,250
Spokane
$35,140
Bellingham
$34,810
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area
$34,720
Olympia
$34,500
Yakima
$30,580
Mount Vernon-Anacortes
$30,290
Lewiston
$29,760
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area
$28,970