Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders — Salary
National wage record
Median annual
$50,270
10th percentile
$37,300
90th percentile
$70,320
Employment
96,130
- WIMedian $58,050 · Employment 8,510
- PAMedian $51,780 · Employment 7,410
- GAMedian $50,160 · Employment 5,650
- CAMedian $48,730 · Employment 5,570
- ILMedian $56,400 · Employment 5,360
- NCMedian $47,940 · Employment 4,800
- OHMedian $47,450 · Employment 4,640
- Chicago, ILMedian $59,020 · Employment 4,320
- ALMedian $52,290 · Employment 3,800
- TXMedian $47,830 · Employment 3,740
- TNMedian $46,920 · Employment 3,490
- NYMedian $52,800 · Employment 3,280
- NJMedian $45,950 · Employment 3,210
- MIMedian $50,540 · Employment 3,000
- New York, NYMedian $46,410 · Employment 2,940
- KYMedian $58,050 · Employment 2,670
- INMedian $48,780 · Employment 2,580
- SCMedian $50,040 · Employment 2,460
- VAMedian $49,900 · Employment 2,370
- WAMedian $59,410 · Employment 2,170
Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.