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Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders — wages and employment

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders earned a median annual wage of $49,500 in the United States in May 2024, with 54,200 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

MEDIAN 2024: $49,500SOURCE: BLS OEWSEvery value source-linked

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What stands out

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders earned a median annual wage of $49,500 in the United States in May 2024, with 54,200 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The lowest-paid tenth earned $35,810 or less, the best-paid tenth $75,860 or more. Since May 2023 the median moved from $48,120 to $49,500, +2.9 %. The best-paying state is Wyoming at $105,470; the lowest Puerto Rico at $27,560. Among metropolitan areas, Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI pays the highest median, $74,330. Wages are as published by BLS for May of each year; '≥ $239,200' is BLS's top code. Every value links to its fact record.

United States, year by year

Annual wages at the median, mean and four percentiles; employment is the May estimate.

By state

Median annual wage, May 2024, highest first. Each state has its own record with the full series.

StateMedian annualEmployment
Wyoming$105,470370
Nevada$62,400270
Wisconsin$61,7901,580
Alaska$60,460130
California$59,09011,030
Washington$58,5301,470
North Dakota$56,600190
New Hampshire$56,510570
Kentucky$55,4001,150
Minnesota$53,1501,510
Illinois$52,8501,010
Arizona$52,220620
New York$51,8803,080
Hawaii$51,370200
Indiana$50,9601,770
Idaho$50,780710
Vermont$50,750210
Connecticut$50,380300
Iowa$50,260850
Pennsylvania$49,9302,170
Maryland$49,920470
New Jersey$49,880650
Virginia$49,6501,130
Maine$49,590450
Montana$49,090300
South Dakota$48,750320
District of Columbia$48,34030
Oregon$48,1401,230
Louisiana$48,050810
South Carolina$47,770530
Rhode Island$47,430130
Georgia$47,280910
Michigan$46,9001,870
Colorado$46,8001,990
Ohio$46,7601,360
Massachusetts$46,400700
North Carolina$46,0901,590
Tennessee$45,9102,350
Utah$45,620490
Delaware$45,360120
Nebraska$44,820530
Texas$44,2602,110
Missouri$44,2101,060
Virgin Islands$43,89030
Kansas$43,840350
Florida$43,7201,490
Mississippi$42,670—
Arkansas$41,830710
Alabama$41,290270
New Mexico$40,010360
Oklahoma$37,540170
West Virginia$31,060170
Puerto Rico$27,560150

Highest-paying metropolitan areas

Top 20 by median annual wage.

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