Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$49,500

National average

Salary Range

$35,810 – $75,860

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$111,000$45,350$113,900
Wyoming$105,470$37,300$113,900
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$81,040$43,570$95,480
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$74,330$42,720$74,330
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$68,050$32,970$88,870
Springfield, IL$66,850$39,210$66,850
Napa, CA$66,440$48,410$114,820
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$63,480$31,520$90,170
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$63,200$43,720$77,350
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$63,150$45,820$91,380
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$63,010$30,100$75,250
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$62,810$49,120$74,770
Walla Walla, WA$62,470$43,180$119,680
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$62,400$45,120$122,500
Nevada$62,400$38,440$93,690
Kennewick-Richland, WA$61,840$44,870$106,180
Wisconsin$61,790$39,820$74,330
Owensboro, KY$61,700$35,320$63,170
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$61,550$42,580$77,420
Toledo, OH$60,690$33,990$67,250
Alaska$60,460$34,740$90,160
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$60,410$46,340$96,170
Reno, NV$60,180$41,020$80,110
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$60,180$45,680$87,730
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$60,150$44,070$74,790
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$59,990$33,500$95,290
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$59,980$44,060$91,660
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$59,910$39,050$72,090
Merced, CA$59,570$37,610$80,530
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$59,130$39,890$64,870
California$59,090$38,650$86,070
Green Bay, WI$59,030$35,820$63,360
Fargo, ND-MN$59,010$39,120$69,780
Syracuse, NY$58,830$39,240$64,660
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$58,540$37,810$66,510
Washington$58,530$43,460$87,590
Visalia, CA$58,420$37,400$61,040
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$58,210$37,810$61,790
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$58,120$37,320$68,370
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$58,100$37,440$104,110
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$57,310$40,300$60,590
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$56,990$29,390$64,180
Anchorage, AK$56,940$37,160$73,390
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$56,830$34,460$73,190
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$56,670$47,430$62,010
North Dakota$56,600$41,600$70,950
New Hampshire$56,510$39,060$81,180
Modesto, CA$56,430$39,090$70,700
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$56,250$49,910$67,480
Bozeman, MT$56,160$39,630$64,780
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$56,130$40,550$67,130
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$56,110$37,860$91,050
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$56,090$44,380$61,710
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$56,070$40,130$56,400
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$55,870$40,040$77,740
Stockton-Lodi, CA$55,600$38,430$81,210
Yakima, WA$55,460$42,390$76,790
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$55,410$50,070$76,960
Kentucky$55,400$40,260$63,170
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$55,400$46,080$63,930
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$55,120$38,320$63,940
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$54,730$38,300$78,950
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$54,210$40,170$82,690
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$54,170$37,600$81,460
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$54,170$35,330$61,430
Salinas, CA$53,940$37,790$101,020
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$53,870$41,310$62,030
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$53,610$36,670$72,190
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$53,200$38,730$81,340
Minnesota$53,150$40,130$64,370
Bellingham, WA$52,920$44,080$70,330
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$52,900$34,410$81,700
Illinois$52,850$30,100$72,160
Raleigh-Cary, NC$52,550$39,350$75,860
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$52,530$41,380$66,860
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$52,480$29,200$61,600
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$52,390$39,470$65,320
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$52,300$38,380$96,690
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$52,250$37,140$63,110
Arizona$52,220$36,650$65,320
Reading, PA$52,150$40,280$61,690
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$51,950$35,240$64,130
New York$51,880$38,230$63,940
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$51,760$36,780$58,820
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$51,670$39,240$94,320
York-Hanover, PA$51,580$33,940$62,990
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$51,560$36,630$81,180
Boise City, ID$51,470$38,070$60,840
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$51,460$35,200$58,260
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$51,450$42,160$51,450
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$51,450$44,450$54,960
Hawaii$51,370$38,500$62,300
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$51,370$40,480$63,900
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$51,370$37,630$65,690
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$51,280$36,060$73,390
Greeley, CO$51,120$37,340$57,950
Indiana$50,960$37,870$61,690
Bend, OR$50,790$38,550$73,560
Twin Falls, ID$50,780$38,960$60,710
Idaho$50,780$38,580$67,020
Vermont$50,750$40,040$69,690
Chambersburg, PA$50,740$35,950$50,740
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$50,730$40,430$70,890
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$50,630$32,800$58,400
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$50,600$30,080$58,860
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$50,440$38,190$76,930
Connecticut$50,380$37,800$66,550
Iowa$50,260$39,930$63,260
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$50,240$43,790$61,910
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$50,220$46,020$61,080
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$50,150$32,390$56,890
Baton Rouge, LA$50,080$35,020$87,910
Pennsylvania$49,930$34,320$68,370
Maryland$49,920$34,150$78,950
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$49,880$37,960$77,650
New Jersey$49,880$36,930$87,970
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$49,870$44,480$65,620
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$49,870$37,270$64,230
Utica-Rome, NY$49,710$41,170$55,120
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$49,690$35,660$67,680
Virginia$49,650$34,340$76,930
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$49,610$39,950$95,220
Maine$49,590$40,200$70,170
Boulder, CO$49,590$40,350$73,560
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$49,500$36,940$59,850
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$49,240$38,580$78,040
Greensboro-High Point, NC$49,100$36,250$73,440
Montana$49,090$35,200$60,420
Billings, MT$49,090$33,140$60,420
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$49,080$39,350$63,200
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$48,940$36,300$58,870
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$48,930$36,120$82,430
Columbus, OH$48,910$36,310$65,960
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$48,840$35,570$51,200
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$48,780$38,000$65,000
South Dakota$48,750$34,370$60,690
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$48,750$31,630$58,890
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$48,740$36,450$60,640
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$48,730$22,150$68,370
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$48,710$34,550$89,850
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$48,710$35,520$65,120
Madison, WI$48,510$37,620$75,300
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$48,380$28,760$162,460
Charlottesville, VA$48,360$36,650$75,990
District of Columbia$48,340$39,970$75,130
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$48,300$31,200$75,660
Portland-South Portland, ME$48,190$40,440$59,290
Oregon$48,140$37,630$79,930
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$48,090$29,750$73,100
Louisiana$48,050$35,250$74,920
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$48,040$38,860$60,880
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$48,020$37,920$80,280
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$48,020$36,230$65,060
Traverse City, MI$48,000$34,330$62,850
Fort Wayne, IN$48,000$36,890$49,350
South Carolina$47,770$31,060$65,740
Columbia, SC$47,770$31,060$60,110
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$47,760$32,660$62,490
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$47,720$38,230$77,490
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$47,660$35,950$61,710
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$47,570$43,000$61,490
Ann Arbor, MI$47,560$38,290$72,800
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$47,530$35,730$71,570
Missoula, MT$47,440$35,530$56,620
Rhode Island$47,430$36,870$58,650
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$47,400$31,700$54,160
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$47,330$34,510$57,280
Flagstaff, AZ$47,310$36,350$64,260
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$47,310$36,550$57,570
Georgia$47,280$30,210$65,800
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$47,280$34,290$71,020
Binghamton, NY$47,270$33,030$59,380
Pittsburgh, PA$47,180$35,000$83,150
Cedar Rapids, IA$47,170$39,510$67,750
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$47,170$39,410$83,600
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$47,150$35,210$64,340
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$47,150$32,010$62,150
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$47,120$34,990$73,360
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$47,090$37,390$67,700
Evansville, IN$47,080$31,000$60,420
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$47,040$36,530$61,360
Cleveland, TN$47,030$26,720$63,290
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$47,010$31,200$58,400
Urban Honolulu, HI$46,950$35,740$62,920
Michigan$46,900$35,510$68,310
Ithaca, NY$46,900$37,440$57,870
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$46,900$38,240$64,970
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$46,820$29,120$74,080
Colorado$46,800$36,490$65,500
Niles, MI$46,780$34,960$63,170
Ohio$46,760$35,790$63,960
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$46,760$34,580$56,570
Asheville, NC$46,750$37,440$60,420
Tucson, AZ$46,740$33,690$60,740
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$46,670$39,080$76,770
Richmond, VA$46,600$32,510$59,660
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$46,520$32,790$69,270
New Haven, CT$46,500$41,880$63,860
Lexington-Fayette, KY$46,490$35,160$63,040
Massachusetts$46,400$34,730$65,830
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$46,390$21,720$56,610
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$46,330$34,980$92,030
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$46,280$30,660$65,480
Kansas City, MO-KS$46,180$35,440$64,090
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$46,170$36,050$62,490
Kingston, NY$46,170$35,510$72,800
Rochester, NY$46,160$37,340$62,610
St. Louis, MO-IL$46,150$35,350$64,090
Johnson City, TN$46,130$32,250$60,550
Manchester-Nashua, NH$46,130$37,160$62,270
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$46,110$30,960$97,540
Athens-Clarke County, GA$46,100$28,260$57,940
North Carolina$46,090$35,940$69,520
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$46,090$32,260$74,000
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$46,070$31,510$104,860
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$46,050$24,230$57,490
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$46,020$33,280$78,230
Tennessee$45,910$27,280$59,440
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$45,900$32,790$63,040
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$45,880$37,070$66,180
Chico, CA$45,820$37,660$66,560
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$45,760$35,720$57,440
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$45,760$37,610$60,320
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$45,670$30,410$66,060
Utah$45,620$35,910$67,700
Cleveland, OH$45,580$39,060$59,920
Amarillo, TX$45,440$31,900$60,090
Worcester, MA$45,440$32,010$60,040
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$45,430$29,720$47,320
Salem, OR$45,420$33,580$82,490
Delaware$45,360$32,790$58,400
Fresno, CA$45,340$34,670$80,060
Johnstown, PA$45,300$27,870$69,850
Eugene-Springfield, OR$45,290$34,320$68,290
Winston-Salem, NC$45,260$33,640$73,470
Jonesboro, AR$45,120$35,810$51,750
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$45,080$32,230$49,570
Medford, OR$45,070$36,560$70,830
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$45,050$28,670$67,850
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$45,010$28,300$66,250
Bloomington, IN$44,950$35,980$60,020
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$44,940$31,180$75,450
Nebraska$44,820$37,350$61,170
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$44,770$34,070$62,060
El Paso, TX$44,760$29,870$54,430
Birmingham, AL$44,700$36,540$56,770
Roanoke, VA$44,570$33,360$81,560
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$44,500$34,770$53,320
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$44,370$27,830$65,850
Lafayette, LA$44,310$29,290$75,140
Texas$44,260$30,220$80,950
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$44,250$33,700$65,380
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$44,210$34,290$61,210
Missouri$44,210$31,890$60,080
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$44,190$36,950$68,310
Virgin Islands$43,890$37,100$63,010
Kansas$43,840$35,780$64,100
Omaha, NE-IA$43,830$39,510$76,090
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$43,740$40,260$55,820
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$43,720$36,440$97,030
Florida$43,720$27,660$71,170
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$43,720$29,120$58,740
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$43,610$36,000$73,250
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$43,250$35,730$64,100
Fort Smith, AR-OK$43,220$33,690$51,030
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$43,150$31,790$58,000
Colorado Springs, CO$43,010$36,430$51,930
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$42,970$29,770$57,950
Canton-Massillon, OH$42,950$30,490$58,800
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$42,770$40,550$77,420
Lincoln, NE$42,740$38,810$62,440
Mississippi$42,670$29,310$65,480
Lancaster, PA$42,470$34,320$56,840
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$42,380$30,870$56,200
Santa Fe, NM$42,210$38,190$57,980
Wilmington, NC$42,050$30,320$60,230
Grand Junction, CO$42,040$29,990$56,130
Arkansas$41,830$30,100$51,750
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$41,830$31,120$46,220
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$41,580$27,420$58,160
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$41,550$29,030$54,870
Springfield, MO$41,540$37,440$50,670
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$41,540$35,820$64,730
Pueblo, CO$41,530$35,840$52,530
Alabama$41,290$31,440$56,890
Jacksonville, FL$40,740$29,540$63,330
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$40,530$37,350$59,860
Wichita, KS$40,480$30,890$85,940
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$40,360$28,870$64,960
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$40,340$33,690$60,820
New Mexico$40,010$31,310$56,300
Albuquerque, NM$40,010$31,310$55,690
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$39,990$31,120$51,680
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$39,930$29,200$72,350
Rapid City, SD$39,880$30,620$50,380
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$39,720$38,440$67,770
Topeka, KS$39,350$35,920$58,050
Lubbock, TX$39,350$28,700$93,580
Ogden, UT$39,210$35,320$46,660
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$39,130$29,430$46,910
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$39,110$27,430$57,060
Tulsa, OK$38,530$31,480$51,480
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$38,430$33,720$63,700
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$38,400$31,420$67,530
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$38,250$24,710$56,180
El Centro, CA$38,080$37,870$56,270
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$38,070$27,580$64,470
Vineland, NJ$37,770$37,770$65,730
Oklahoma$37,540$30,400$53,760
Las Cruces, NM$37,490$30,860$53,040
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$37,230$36,530$63,010
Erie, PA$35,850$30,600$55,460
Oklahoma City, OK$35,810$28,830$53,760
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$35,800$31,700$47,610
Chattanooga, TN-GA$35,740$34,730$55,170
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$35,600$31,200$56,660
Knoxville, TN$34,110$22,990$58,980
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$32,010$25,910$47,610
West Virginia$31,060$25,370$46,020
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$30,620$20,890$54,760
Albany, GA$30,210$29,660$34,910
Puerto Rico$27,560$20,270$35,400
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$25,370$23,010$49,990

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