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Woodworking Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Except Sawing Salary in Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington

The annual salary statistics of woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Western Washington nonmetropolitan area 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 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$35,060
25th Percentile Wage	$38,990
50th Percentile Wage	$47,620
75th Percentile Wage	$54,800
90th Percentile Wage	$58,230

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $58,230. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $47,620. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $35,060.

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	4-Year Growth
2022	$47,620	3.46%	22.72%
2021	$45,970	6.63%	-
2020	$42,920	11.23%	-
2019	$38,100	3.41%	-
2018	$36,800	-	-

Table 2. Compare Woodworking Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Except Sawing Salary in Western Washington nonmetropolitan area with Other Washington Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $47,620 in Western Washington nonmetropolitan area is in the middle of salary range for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in state of Washington. In comparison, the annual salary of woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Western Washington nonmetropolitan area is 6.7 percent (6.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Longview and 39.9 percent (39.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Tacoma.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
Longview	$51,030
Mount Vernon-Anacortes	$47,770
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area	$47,620
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro	$45,340
Olympia	$44,100
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue	$43,840
Lewiston	$41,840
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	$41,450
Southwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area	$37,870
Bellingham	$37,340
Spokane	$36,540
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett	$36,360
Central Washington nonmetropolitan area	$35,440
Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area	$34,860
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area	$31,480
Yakima	$29,970
Tacoma	$28,620