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Pay by state · 51 states

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender Salary by State (2026)

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders earn the most in Wyoming at $108,900 a year and the least in Puerto Rico at $32,000 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). The national median is $51,610. All 51 states and territories with reported data are ranked below, with a cost-of-living adjusted column.

Highest median
$108,900Wyoming
National median
$51,610BLS OEWS, May 2025
Lowest median
$32,000Puerto Rico
States reporting
51of 54 OEWS areas

All states

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender salary in every state

Sort by any column. Employment is the number of separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders OEWS estimates in that state; blank cells are estimates BLS suppressed because the sample was too small.

Annual wages by state, sortable by median, quartiles, employment and cost-of-living adjusted median
#
1WYWyoming
$108,900
$61,760$114,510410$117,487
2NVNevada
$62,960
$47,590$82,210270$62,973
3NHNew Hampshire
$60,340
$51,300$64,080590$57,927
4WIWisconsin
$60,100
$46,600$76,7501,520$63,872
5VAVirginia
$59,480
$47,940$78,4002,130$58,831
6NDNorth Dakota
$59,390
$53,550$63,380270$66,761
7KYKentucky
$58,770
$49,720$61,0201,500$65,185
8LALouisiana
$58,640
$45,580$72,170770$66,480
9NJNew Jersey
$58,140
$47,240$78,840930$53,435
10AZArizona
$57,820
$46,900$61,870970$57,431
11MEMaine
$57,190
$49,610$60,390430$58,928
12MNMinnesota
$57,190
$49,270$61,5801,810$57,990
13WAWashington
$56,160
$46,590$64,6301,560$52,480
14NYNew York
$55,990
$47,840$64,8803,490$51,881
15MDMaryland
$55,580
$47,440$69,880580$52,954
16GAGeorgia
$55,500
$43,960$80,1401,210$57,637
17INIndiana
$53,990
$47,870$57,9101,510$57,849
18VTVermont
$53,570
$47,520$61,130230$54,687
19CACalifornia
$52,910
$44,970$71,51014,210$47,787
20IAIowa
$52,220
$46,330$60,8801,090$59,502
21IDIdaho
$52,160
$48,270$60,370780$54,621
22HIHawaii
$51,070
$43,070$62,360160$46,448
23SDSouth Dakota
$50,780
$44,240$58,430270$57,323
24TNTennessee
$50,470
$37,890$56,8702,450$54,936
25CTConnecticut
$50,370
$45,980$61,180310$48,615
26OROregon
$50,160
$44,050$60,3801,340$48,529
27FLFlorida
$49,610
$38,950$75,5601,150$47,972
28COColorado
$49,590
$43,020$64,0901,970$48,121
29MIMichigan
$49,480
$39,840$56,8602,230$51,425
30OKOklahoma
$49,440
$39,230$63,330260$56,282
31SCSouth Carolina
$49,320
$38,900$58,770470$52,609
32MOMissouri
$49,290
$38,660$59,7301,590$54,274
33NCNorth Carolina
$49,140
$43,640$61,2301,310$52,096
34MAMassachusetts
$48,970
$46,080$60,530510$46,304
35KSKansas
$48,790
$43,650$65,550450$54,170
36ILIllinois
$48,440
$35,930$60,200780$48,460
37PAPennsylvania
$48,390
$38,650$58,2302,150$49,594
38AKAlaska
$48,000
$46,670$62,470100$46,894
39MTMontana
$47,920
$41,660$57,820340$50,631
40OHOhio
$47,640
$40,440$56,7901,470$51,351
41DEDelaware
$47,520
$42,350$57,750110$47,611
42NENebraska
$47,080
$40,770$58,6001,050$52,251
43ALAlabama
$46,970
$40,260$55,430140$52,880
44TXTexas
$46,910
$39,940$57,7701,460$48,332
45RIRhode Island
$46,710
$38,340$55,730140$45,669
46UTUtah
$46,600
$40,080$57,670480$47,135
47MSMississippi
$43,890
$36,360$55,920100$50,476
48ARArkansas
$41,720
$36,330$48,330500$47,989
49NMNew Mexico
$41,370
$36,820$49,210370$44,864
50WVWest Virginia
$35,870
$26,880$47,890110$40,080
51PRPuerto Rico
$32,000
$28,330$37,72090N/A

Method

How the cost-of-living adjustment works

The adjusted column divides each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (RPP) and multiplies by 100. RPPs measure how much a fixed basket of goods, services and rents costs in one state relative to the national average, so the result restates local pay in national-average dollars.

For Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, that changes the ranking: Wyoming leads on raw pay at $108,900, while Wyoming leads once prices are taken into account at $117,487.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024 (public domain). The adjustment is NueCareer's calculation, not a BLS or BEA published statistic.

Questions

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender pay by state: FAQ

Which state pays Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders the most?

Wyoming reports the highest median wage for Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders at $108,900 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), followed by Nevada ($62,960) and New Hampshire ($60,340).

Which state pays Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders the least?

Puerto Rico reports the lowest median for Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders at $32,000 a year, $76,900 below the highest-paying state (BLS OEWS, May 2025).

Where do Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders earn the most after cost of living?

Dividing each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity puts Wyoming first at $117,487 in national-average dollars, from a raw median of $108,900. BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024.

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