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Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in Waterloo, IA

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Waterloo, IA have a median annual salary of $49,180, with 90 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $40,500 at the 10th percentile to $62,620 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$49,180

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$23.64

Employment

90

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$40,500
10th
$45,360
25th
$49,180
Median
$57,040
75th
$62,620
90th

Local compared with national

Waterloo, IA

$49,180

Median annual · 2025

United States

$48,990

Median annual · 2025

The Waterloo, IA median is 0.4% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $190).

Top skills

  1. 1.Operations MonitoringImportance 3.6
  2. 2.Operation and ControlImportance 3.6
  3. 3.Reading ComprehensionImportance 3.1
  4. 4.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.1
  5. 5.MonitoringImportance 3.1
  6. 6.Equipment MaintenanceImportance 3.1
  7. 7.TroubleshootingImportance 3.1
  8. 8.RepairingImportance 3.1
  9. 9.Quality Control AnalysisImportance 3.1
  10. 10.Time ManagementImportance 3.1
  11. 11.SpeakingImportance 3.0
  12. 12.CoordinationImportance 3.0

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Experience
None
Job zone
2

Technology used

  • Email software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Word
  • Operational databases
  • SAP software

Common tasks

  • Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products to ensure conformance to requirements.
  • Read work orders to determine production specifications or information.
  • Observe production or monitor equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation.
  • Mix or blend ingredients by starting machines and mixing for specified times.
  • Stop mixing or blending machines when specified product qualities are obtained and open valves and start pumps to transfer mixtures.
  • Compound or process ingredients or dyes, according to formulas.
  • Examine materials, ingredients, or products visually or with hands to ensure conformance to established standards.
  • Operate or tend machines to mix or blend any of a wide variety of materials, such as spices, dough batter, tobacco, fruit juices, chemicals, livestock feed, food products, color pigments, or explosive ingredients.
  • Dump or pour specified amounts of materials into machinery or equipment.
  • Record operational or production data on specified forms.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

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