Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders · SOC 51-9191

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenderss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 53 metro areas

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$100,830	250	0.1
2	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	$61,400	60	0.2
3	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$60,290	100	0.1
4	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$57,400	90	0.0
5	Gettysburg, PA	$56,240	50	1.4
6	Medford, OR	$54,850	170	1.9
7	Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	$54,840	70	0.8
8	Green Bay, WI	$52,000	40	0.2
9	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$51,560	50	0.0
10	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$51,540	460	0.1
11	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$51,410	120	0.1
12	Boise City, ID	$51,190	70	0.2
13	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$50,850	70	0.1
14	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$50,720	40	0.1
15	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$49,930	Not published	Not published
16	Eugene-Springfield, OR	$49,180	300	1.9
17	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$48,820	110	0.0
18	Joplin, MO-KS	$48,050	30	0.4
19	Chattanooga, TN-GA	$47,650	40	0.2
20	Rochester, NY	$47,550	50	0.1
21	Wichita, KS	$47,490	50	0.2
22	Syracuse, NY	$47,240	30	0.1
23	Cleveland, OH	$47,220	90	0.1
24	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$47,100	70	0.1
25	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$46,960	40	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.