SOC 51-9032 · Production Occupations

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025United States, all industries

U.S. median annual wage$46,570

U.S. median hourly wage$22.39

U.S. employment44,980

Nationally, cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders earned a median of $46,570 per year as of the May 2025 OEWS estimates, across 44,980 jobs. Pay varies substantially by area — look up a specific state or metro below.

National pay distribution

Pay by state

Every state and territory with a published May 2025 estimate. “Not published” means BLS suppressed the value — it never means zero. Higher medians often track higher living costs; this is not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

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Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders: pay and employment by state
State
Minnesota	$58,260	$28.01	1,130	0.4
Vermont	$52,220	$25.11	100	0.3
Colorado	$51,750	$24.88	700	0.2
Montana	$51,540	$24.78	100	0.2
Oregon	$51,180	$24.61	990	0.5
Missouri	$50,930	$24.49	1,120	0.4
Washington	$50,430	$24.25	760	0.2
New Hampshire	$50,290	$24.18	90	0.1
Illinois	$49,740	$23.92	1,770	0.3
New York	$49,680	$23.88	1,870	0.2
Iowa	$49,600	$23.84	920	0.6
Maine	$49,200	$23.65	160	0.3
New Jersey	$48,600	$23.36	1,040	0.2
Ohio	$48,400	$23.27	3,000	0.5
Nebraska	$48,300	$23.22	530	0.5
Kentucky	$48,180	$23.16	900	0.5
Wisconsin	$48,040	$23.10	1,300	0.4
North Dakota	$47,480	$22.83	70	0.2
South Carolina	$47,410	$22.79	730	0.3
Arkansas	$47,320	$22.75	800	0.6
Pennsylvania	$46,850	$22.52	1,630	0.3
Idaho	$46,840	$22.52	160	0.2
Arizona	$46,780	$22.49	760	0.2
Alaska	$46,240	$22.23	30	0.1
Indiana	$46,150	$22.19	2,110	0.7
California	$46,110	$22.17	3,080	0.2
Rhode Island	$45,950	$22.09	210	0.4
Utah	$45,510	$21.88	740	0.4
South Dakota	$44,980	$21.63	460	1.0
Maryland	$44,820	$21.55	280	0.1
Virginia	$44,790	$21.54	840	0.2
Kansas	$44,760	$21.52	760	0.5
Michigan	$44,620	$21.45	730	0.2
Connecticut	$44,530	$21.41	450	0.3
Georgia	$44,130	$21.22	1,230	0.3
Tennessee	$44,030	$21.17	1,260	0.4
Massachusetts	$43,790	$21.05	1,280	0.4
North Carolina	$43,770	$21.04	3,100	0.6
Nevada	$43,470	$20.90	340	0.2
Texas	$42,210	$20.29	3,650	0.3
Mississippi	$41,590	$20.00	710	0.6
Louisiana	$41,170	$19.79	110	0.1
Florida	$40,540	$19.49	1,370	0.1
Alabama	$39,740	$19.10	590	0.3
West Virginia	$37,920	$18.23	160	0.2
Oklahoma	$37,910	$18.23	620	0.4
New Mexico	$32,770	$15.75	200	0.2
Puerto Rico	$25,010	$12.02	50	0.1

Pay by metro area

All 171 metro areas where BLS publishes this occupation. Sort by median wage, employment, or local concentration — or see the highest-paying metros ranked.

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Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders: pay and employment by metro area
Metro area
Wilmington, NC	$63,550	$30.56	100	0.5
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$62,620	$30.10	530	0.3
St. Cloud, MN	$58,450	$28.10	140	1.4
Topeka, KS	$56,610	$27.22	40	0.4
Yakima, WA	$56,030	$26.94	90	0.9
Bend, OR	$55,660	$26.76	40	0.3
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$54,950	$26.42	400	0.2
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	$54,280	$26.10	60	0.7
Gettysburg, PA	$54,100	$26.01	110	3.3
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$53,680	$25.81	490	0.4
Cleveland, OH	$53,370	$25.66	860	0.8
Terre Haute, IN	$53,180	$25.57	90	1.4
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$52,920	$25.44	150	0.4
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$52,870	$25.42	60	0.2
Syracuse, NY	$52,630	$25.31	90	0.3
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$52,180	$25.09	320	0.2
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	$51,750	$24.88	50	1.0
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	$51,750	$24.88	80	0.9
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$51,750	$24.88	220	0.1
Green Bay, WI	$51,690	$24.85	110	0.6
Colorado Springs, CO	$51,590	$24.80	60	0.2
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$51,560	$24.79	130	0.3
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$51,490	$24.76	110	0.2
Joplin, MO-KS	$50,980	$24.51	100	1.1
St. Joseph, MO-KS	$50,930	$24.49	60	1.2
Rochester, NY	$50,780	$24.41	300	0.6
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$50,720	$24.38	30	0.1
Medford, OR	$50,440	$24.25	30	0.4
Baton Rouge, LA	$50,420	$24.24	30	0.1
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$50,390	$24.22	90	0.3
York-Hanover, PA	$50,310	$24.19	150	0.8
Jonesboro, AR	$50,150	$24.11	40	0.6
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$50,100	$24.09	220	0.4
St. Louis, MO-IL	$50,020	$24.05	490	0.4
Kansas City, MO-KS	$49,850	$23.97	270	0.2
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$49,730	$23.91	1,230	0.3
Springfield, MO	$49,660	$23.87	80	0.3
Jackson, MS	$49,570	$23.83	Not published	Not published
Salem, OR	$49,260	$23.69	60	0.3
Lancaster, PA	$49,050	$23.58	90	0.3
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$48,990	$23.55	1,490	0.2
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	$48,680	$23.40	270	0.4
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	$48,560	$23.34	70	0.4
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	$48,320	$23.23	140	0.4
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	$48,300	$23.22	100	1.3
Columbus, OH	$48,270	$23.21	270	0.2
Richmond, VA	$48,260	$23.20	230	0.3
Naples-Marco Island, FL	$48,230	$23.19	30	0.2
Canton-Massillon, OH	$48,180	$23.16	70	0.4
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$48,080	$23.11	120	0.3
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$48,060	$23.11	30	0.3
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$48,040	$23.10	280	0.3
Elizabethtown, KY	$48,030	$23.09	90	1.7
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$47,980	$23.07	70	0.1
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$47,890	$23.03	680	0.6
Jackson, TN	$47,890	$23.02	50	0.6
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$47,830	$23.00	90	0.2
Columbia, SC	$47,760	$22.96	90	0.2
Asheville, NC	$47,750	$22.96	110	0.6
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$47,660	$22.91	560	0.2
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$47,580	$22.88	90	0.1
Fargo, ND-MN	$47,480	$22.83	50	0.3
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$47,350	$22.77	130	0.1
Salinas, CA	$47,230	$22.71	90	0.5
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	$47,170	$22.68	60	0.5
Lexington-Fayette, KY	$47,160	$22.67	120	0.4
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	$47,110	$22.65	90	0.3
Glens Falls, NY	$47,040	$22.61	30	0.6
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$47,030	$22.61	380	0.3
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$46,780	$22.49	590	0.2
Toledo, OH	$46,780	$22.49	140	0.5
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$46,600	$22.40	200	0.2
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$46,600	$22.41	180	0.1
Akron, OH	$46,500	$22.36	130	0.4
Stockton-Lodi, CA	$46,480	$22.35	100	0.3
Fort Wayne, IN	$46,420	$22.32	130	0.6
Omaha, NE-IA	$46,390	$22.30	240	0.5
Jefferson City, MO	$46,380	$22.30	70	0.9
New Haven, CT	$46,330	$22.28	80	0.3
Roanoke, VA	$46,310	$22.27	40	0.3
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	$46,280	$22.25	30	0.1
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$46,250	$22.24	120	0.3
Madison, WI	$46,230	$22.23	70	0.2
Appleton, WI	$46,120	$22.17	60	0.5
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$46,110	$22.17	320	0.4
Wichita, KS	$46,070	$22.15	100	0.3
Birmingham, AL	$46,020	$22.13	70	0.1
Evansville, IN	$45,980	$22.10	50	0.4
Reading, PA	$45,920	$22.08	40	0.2
Springfield, MA	$45,920	$22.08	180	0.9
Tucson, AZ	$45,920	$22.08	80	0.2
Rockford, IL	$45,900	$22.07	50	0.3
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	$45,860	$22.05	350	2.8
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$45,830	$22.03	160	0.4
Boise City, ID	$45,810	$22.03	50	0.1
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$45,790	$22.01	540	0.2
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	$45,750	$22.00	90	0.3
Fresno, CA	$45,570	$21.91	130	0.3
Lincoln, NE	$45,340	$21.80	50	0.3
Walla Walla, WA	$45,340	$21.80	40	1.6
Logan, UT-ID	$45,240	$21.75	50	0.7
Vineland, NJ	$45,180	$21.72	30	0.6
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$45,150	$21.71	60	0.2
Wausau, WI	$45,100	$21.68	100	1.4
Altoona, PA	$45,070	$21.67	70	1.2
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	$44,980	$21.63	120	0.7
Fort Smith, AR-OK	$44,960	$21.61	240	2.6
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	$44,940	$21.61	590	3.8
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	$44,930	$21.60	110	0.4
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$44,870	$21.57	1,460	0.2
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$44,820	$21.55	160	0.1
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$44,790	$21.53	940	0.7
Pittsburgh, PA	$44,670	$21.47	140	0.1
Boulder, CO	$44,650	$21.47	50	0.2
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$44,620	$21.45	200	0.1
Raleigh-Cary, NC	$44,570	$21.43	140	0.2
Reno, NV	$44,550	$21.42	170	0.6
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$44,520	$21.40	40	0.1
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$44,430	$21.36	150	0.1
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$44,430	$21.36	60	0.4
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$44,360	$21.33	1,500	0.4
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$44,320	$21.31	590	0.2
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$44,320	$21.31	310	0.3
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$44,170	$21.24	350	0.2
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$44,050	$21.18	110	0.2
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	$44,020	$21.17	150	0.5
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$43,940	$21.13	150	0.2
Worcester, MA	$43,790	$21.05	290	0.8
Ogden, UT	$43,780	$21.05	90	0.3
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	$43,370	$20.85	40	0.3
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$43,310	$20.82	40	0.1
Bloomington, IN	$43,220	$20.78	50	0.7
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$43,120	$20.73	340	0.5
Manchester-Nashua, NH	$42,750	$20.55	40	0.2
Chattanooga, TN-GA	$41,980	$20.18	90	0.3
Knoxville, TN	$41,920	$20.15	150	0.3
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$41,640	$20.02	70	0.2
Greeley, CO	$41,350	$19.88	70	0.6
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$41,270	$19.84	320	0.1
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$41,210	$19.81	120	0.3
Greensboro-High Point, NC	$41,100	$19.76	430	1.2
Albuquerque, NM	$40,870	$19.65	40	0.1
Jacksonville, FL	$40,540	$19.49	150	0.2
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$40,250	$19.35	210	0.2
Huntsville, AL	$40,050	$19.25	50	0.2
Burlington, NC	$39,930	$19.20	30	0.5
Winston-Salem, NC	$39,730	$19.10	240	0.9
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	$39,580	$19.03	40	0.2
El Paso, TX	$39,570	$19.02	100	0.3
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	$39,350	$18.92	40	0.1
Youngstown-Warren, OH	$39,350	$18.92	60	0.4
Oklahoma City, OK	$39,130	$18.81	190	0.3
Tulsa, OK	$38,840	$18.68	170	0.4
Portland-South Portland, ME	$38,820	$18.66	30	0.1
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	$38,440	$18.48	70	0.6
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	$38,410	$18.47	70	0.2
Spartanburg, SC	$38,370	$18.45	50	0.3
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$38,230	$18.38	Not published	Not published
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$37,840	$18.19	720	0.2
Ocala, FL	$37,680	$18.12	30	0.3
Killeen-Temple, TX	$37,610	$18.08	40	0.3
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$37,400	$17.98	210	0.1
Rocky Mount, NC	$37,390	$17.98	40	0.7
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	$37,290	$17.93	50	0.2
Montgomery, AL	$36,780	$17.68	40	0.2
Macon-Bibb County, GA	$36,530	$17.56	60	0.7
San Angelo, TX	$35,810	$17.21	30	0.7
Tyler, TX	$35,370	$17.00	30	0.3
Dalton, GA	$33,210	$15.97	100	1.6
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	$24,710	$11.88	40	0.1
Sherman-Denison, TX	Not published	Not published	40	0.7

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.