Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$45,700

National average

Salary Range

$34,890 – $60,430

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$65,560$43,110$65,560
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$60,480$45,160$63,110
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$59,920$45,030$60,430
Ames, IA$59,540$39,500$60,020
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$58,960$47,920$58,960
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$58,590$38,120$58,740
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$58,390$36,010$58,390
Baton Rouge, LA$58,090$22,470$69,000
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$58,000$51,610$59,200
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$56,730$42,270$59,920
Longview-Kelso, WA$56,650$39,890$64,190
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$56,510$43,920$70,370
Minnesota$56,430$42,700$62,710
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$56,070$38,240$57,650
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$55,950$39,740$67,100
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$55,550$44,260$64,260
Joplin, MO-KS$54,910$40,980$58,720
Wilmington, NC$54,190$32,580$61,560
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$53,920$39,670$64,810
Topeka, KS$53,400$45,460$72,740
Bend, OR$52,830$43,720$57,930
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$52,770$38,900$68,910
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$52,680$41,130$57,610
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$52,570$36,340$52,570
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$52,470$38,310$60,650
Gettysburg, PA$52,440$48,760$58,640
Jackson, MS$52,390$31,030$53,080
Illinois$52,360$45,410$62,940
Salem, OR$52,330$32,070$61,560
Iowa$52,310$38,160$65,560
New Hampshire$52,270$39,330$72,070
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$52,000$39,440$63,830
Manchester-Nashua, NH$51,810$41,410$75,070
Green Bay, WI$51,700$39,580$71,350
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$51,660$38,310$61,920
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$51,550$37,900$51,550
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$51,500$39,510$64,760
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$51,220$45,250$69,490
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$51,190$39,970$58,030
Colorado$51,140$38,080$64,230
Springfield, MO$51,050$38,480$59,000
Cleveland, OH$51,040$37,200$59,470
Lancaster, PA$50,950$36,790$53,960
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$50,830$40,310$62,430
Wisconsin$50,750$38,190$62,430
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$50,750$37,950$61,110
St. Louis, MO-IL$50,640$38,090$62,210
Eugene-Springfield, OR$50,310$35,880$66,230
Missouri$50,270$36,660$61,530
Richmond, VA$50,070$38,280$61,210
Modesto, CA$50,040$37,970$66,040
Fond du Lac, WI$49,970$37,550$60,050
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$49,840$46,710$55,800
Colorado Springs, CO$49,750$39,170$63,850
Kansas City, MO-KS$49,620$37,160$65,510
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$49,580$42,190$73,390
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$49,570$35,350$62,230
Medford, OR$49,540$41,410$58,900
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$49,530$44,360$59,130
Yakima, WA$49,450$41,210$61,820
Reno, NV$49,400$34,410$51,300
Binghamton, NY$49,360$37,000$58,500
Wausau, WI$49,280$39,610$62,100
Rochester, NY$49,220$37,910$61,970
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$49,160$40,440$59,110
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$49,110$31,970$58,590
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$49,040$42,120$67,580
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$49,030$37,360$60,310
Maine$49,000$35,900$57,650
Worcester, MA$48,950$36,060$59,540
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$48,880$32,590$54,720
Oregon$48,860$42,110$59,570
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$48,830$31,460$51,330
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$48,760$37,830$69,940
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$48,750$35,760$62,890
York-Hanover, PA$48,730$40,970$56,690
Florence, SC$48,360$36,720$50,370
Altoona, PA$48,350$40,570$54,950
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$48,310$36,160$60,170
Washington$48,270$38,980$61,870
Greeley, CO$48,210$39,410$62,950
Sheboygan, WI$48,120$39,220$59,220
Kennewick-Richland, WA$48,100$38,690$58,330
Lynchburg, VA$48,050$33,890$56,140
Nevada$48,000$34,410$55,130
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$47,940$34,710$64,420
Bozeman, MT$47,930$44,140$63,070
Springfield, MA$47,840$33,970$53,730
Mississippi$47,790$29,570$57,120
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$47,790$41,210$55,140
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$47,740$40,120$54,630
Appleton, WI$47,640$36,260$65,430
Pennsylvania$47,580$36,050$59,830
Syracuse, NY$47,560$36,410$61,800
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$47,540$36,810$55,420
Madison, WI$47,420$33,960$65,310
Idaho$47,280$36,750$56,750
Boise City, ID$47,280$36,750$55,280
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$47,220$32,400$60,080
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$47,140$37,310$61,270
Vineland, NJ$47,100$31,470$50,420
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$47,090$37,860$57,100
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$47,070$45,550$53,290
North Dakota$47,050$42,920$51,700
Fargo, ND-MN$47,050$42,920$57,170
Rockford, IL$47,030$36,560$50,810
Wichita, KS$47,010$36,400$58,570
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$46,990$38,020$51,120
Roanoke, VA$46,950$35,360$67,010
New York$46,850$36,260$64,420
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$46,850$32,560$47,010
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$46,820$44,830$47,460
Nebraska$46,820$36,470$60,960
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$46,820$34,430$65,100
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$46,800$38,430$61,780
Kansas$46,620$37,420$53,400
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$46,620$41,410$47,570
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$46,590$40,400$53,830
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$46,470$34,860$53,600
South Carolina$46,450$36,220$61,850
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$46,390$36,320$58,550
Jackson, TN$46,390$41,110$60,800
Jefferson City, MO$46,340$36,790$57,720
Pittsburgh, PA$46,270$35,690$54,960
Columbia, SC$46,260$34,210$57,220
Elizabethtown, KY$46,240$36,200$54,560
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$46,220$32,680$47,650
Kentucky$46,210$38,190$58,030
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$46,150$36,950$56,400
Vallejo, CA$46,040$37,530$62,040
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$46,020$37,720$60,990
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$46,010$38,240$52,400
New Jersey$45,990$31,470$63,970
Lexington-Fayette, KY$45,990$38,710$58,340
Spartanburg, SC$45,970$37,000$54,380
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$45,950$34,550$58,000
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$45,920$33,860$61,380
Montana$45,910$37,120$61,620
Arkansas$45,830$36,500$65,100
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$45,810$36,820$58,370
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$45,790$35,080$61,190
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$45,730$37,560$51,590
Salinas, CA$45,700$36,680$58,090
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$45,670$36,760$71,430
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$45,560$37,870$51,830
Indiana$45,540$36,740$59,950
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$45,540$35,710$51,190
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$45,320$35,190$60,880
Arizona$45,320$35,030$57,520
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$45,300$34,200$65,360
Ohio$45,280$35,850$57,460
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$45,250$38,160$58,080
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$45,220$36,890$54,520
Bloomington, IN$45,110$36,580$50,890
Fort Wayne, IN$45,050$35,260$68,600
Canton-Massillon, OH$44,990$35,150$54,520
Omaha, NE-IA$44,930$35,850$61,100
Columbus, OH$44,900$37,280$58,400
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$44,870$39,850$52,110
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$44,860$36,170$51,370
New Haven, CT$44,830$35,970$57,770
Utah$44,830$34,250$51,830
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$44,820$38,800$44,820
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$44,790$39,690$59,880
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$44,690$36,410$61,010
Walla Walla, WA$44,670$38,150$44,680
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$44,670$33,070$59,730
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$44,670$36,570$58,380
Chattanooga, TN-GA$44,650$30,390$59,040
Killeen-Temple, TX$44,640$34,450$56,340
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$44,620$39,310$56,840
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$44,590$34,970$57,880
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$44,590$39,000$48,200
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$44,480$35,150$61,490
Michigan$44,310$34,030$58,550
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$44,310$34,030$58,250
California$44,230$35,290$61,350
Sandusky, OH$44,130$34,610$61,110
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$44,110$30,100$63,680
Virginia$44,080$33,690$59,230
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$43,930$31,340$56,860
Mansfield, OH$43,910$29,120$52,790
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$43,830$38,350$78,530
Logan, UT-ID$43,740$34,920$57,140
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$43,730$29,410$60,370
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$43,720$34,510$51,080
Tennessee$43,720$31,600$51,070
Vermont$43,720$38,340$60,650
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$43,720$25,900$45,970
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$43,720$35,190$51,960
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$43,700$32,790$52,050
Maryland$43,690$35,250$61,150
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$43,680$35,000$59,570
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$43,630$34,910$60,330
Fresno, CA$43,580$35,200$60,350
South Dakota$43,570$39,850$52,110
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$43,440$35,680$54,740
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$43,420$31,430$57,970
Stockton-Lodi, CA$43,360$33,860$61,870
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$43,290$35,120$62,670
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$43,230$37,290$56,960
Raleigh-Cary, NC$43,190$33,520$60,820
North Carolina$43,140$32,180$60,000
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$43,010$32,790$63,550
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$42,920$26,040$44,350
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$42,760$33,940$53,400
Asheville, NC$42,680$35,410$60,130
Fort Smith, AR-OK$42,680$37,000$62,930
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$42,530$35,940$61,040
Toledo, OH$42,460$36,070$53,890
Ogden, UT$42,410$37,280$67,390
Akron, OH$42,230$33,880$55,900
Glens Falls, NY$42,130$32,510$61,020
Amarillo, TX$42,040$36,830$45,080
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$41,970$32,230$44,700
Connecticut$41,950$34,970$57,760
Florida$41,870$32,790$62,860
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$41,820$35,040$55,170
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$41,730$36,450$48,060
Massachusetts$41,570$34,400$56,760
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$41,410$32,510$63,790
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$41,370$35,410$49,750
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$41,330$38,340$46,450
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$41,100$29,570$49,500
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$41,060$35,720$49,130
Winston-Salem, NC$41,040$33,110$58,260
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$41,030$36,260$51,740
Visalia, CA$41,020$33,280$61,070
Ann Arbor, MI$40,780$38,500$49,420
Tucson, AZ$40,700$35,650$56,840
Texas$40,620$34,220$53,020
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$40,620$35,430$49,470
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$40,440$32,790$57,000
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$40,390$36,990$56,650
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$40,300$30,160$43,790
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$40,230$33,850$50,480
Rhode Island$40,230$30,990$50,680
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$40,190$36,400$53,910
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$40,140$31,620$58,310
Louisiana$40,060$32,170$69,000
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$40,060$24,400$53,620
Jacksonville, FL$40,010$33,130$58,320
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$39,940$37,620$62,460
Savannah, GA$39,750$34,090$57,280
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$39,740$32,980$54,720
Georgia$39,730$29,950$58,820
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$39,690$35,320$45,090
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$39,660$34,580$60,570
Greensboro-High Point, NC$39,610$30,140$54,080
Albuquerque, NM$39,470$30,690$50,430
Alaska$39,350$24,400$53,620
Birmingham, AL$39,330$35,310$47,950
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$39,310$32,790$62,240
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$39,250$34,980$47,350
Reading, PA$39,120$37,060$55,060
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$39,040$32,250$48,220
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$38,990$32,730$56,700
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$38,860$33,530$56,490
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$38,810$31,050$51,660
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$38,700$31,470$69,630
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$38,680$35,520$49,000
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$38,590$33,910$60,580
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$38,590$31,290$53,300
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$38,280$32,620$48,920
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$38,210$32,550$45,470
Youngstown-Warren, OH$38,140$31,200$48,820
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$38,030$35,680$47,950
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$38,030$30,600$42,120
Tulsa, OK$37,630$31,620$52,520
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$37,580$30,680$49,650
Ocala, FL$37,500$35,450$44,920
Knoxville, TN$37,490$30,790$53,190
Portland-South Portland, ME$37,470$34,300$57,610
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$37,450$34,250$50,430
Alabama$37,450$29,750$52,460
Rocky Mount, NC$37,440$29,490$37,440
West Virginia$37,440$31,790$45,470
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$37,430$36,830$57,590
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$37,420$31,800$48,160
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$37,410$32,140$52,110
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$37,350$29,890$62,480
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$37,130$36,400$51,920
Iowa City, IA$37,000$37,000$60,660
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$36,910$35,800$47,470
Lincoln, NE$36,910$33,120$58,400
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$36,660$28,070$47,800
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$36,660$32,970$58,760
Evansville, IN$36,640$34,270$54,970
Oklahoma City, OK$36,500$29,270$52,930
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$36,300$30,160$48,210
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$36,240$34,020$55,880
Oklahoma$36,150$30,100$52,930
Montgomery, AL$35,590$30,800$51,770
El Paso, TX$35,340$31,890$46,780
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$34,660$29,950$45,530
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$33,690$33,690$38,880
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$33,360$29,480$44,920
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$32,790$30,100$54,800
New Mexico$32,270$31,740$46,180
Dalton, GA$31,010$28,600$46,990
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$21,860$19,760$25,190
Puerto Rico$21,860$19,760$26,460

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make?▾

The median annual salary for a Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders is $45,700, with a typical range of $34,890 – $60,430 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders?▾

Entry-level Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders positions typically start around $34,890 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenderss earn the most?▾

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenderss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.