The annual salary statistics of coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington is shown in Table 1. The wage data of coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2019 and published in April 2020 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $28,860 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $32,930 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $37,690 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $44,600 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $51,140 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $51,140. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $37,690. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $28,860.
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 | $37,690 | 5.97% | 14.91% |
| 2017 | $35,440 | -1.64% | - |
| 2016 | $36,020 | 5.44% | - |
| 2015 | $34,060 | 1.26% | - |
| 2014 | $33,630 | 5.20% | - |
| 2013 | $31,880 | -0.60% | - |
| 2012 | $32,070 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $37,690, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue is the second highest paying city for coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in state of Washington, following the highest paying city Wenatchee-East Wenatchee (median annual salary of $39,930). Compared with Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, the median annual salary of coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue is 5.6 percent (5.6%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Wenatchee-East Wenatchee | |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue | |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro | |
| Tacoma | |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett | |
| Longview | |
| Spokane | |
| Bellingham | |
| Western Washington nonmetropolitan area | |
| Olympia | |
| Yakima | |
| Mount Vernon-Anacortes | |
| Lewiston | |
| Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area |