Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders · SOC 51-6063

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenderss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 23 of 23 metro areas

Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$47,960	90	0.0
2	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$47,710	50	0.0
3	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$45,580	130	0.0
4	Chattanooga, TN-GA	$44,880	220	0.8
5	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$44,790	820	0.3
6	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$44,530	530	0.1
7	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$43,320	30	0.2
8	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	$42,500	100	0.4
9	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$41,350	110	0.0
10	Spartanburg, SC	$40,280	260	1.6
11	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$40,120	30	0.1
12	Dalton, GA	$39,840	1,220	18.6
13	Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$39,760	530	1.2
14	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$39,530	490	0.4
15	Kansas City, MO-KS	$39,180	40	0.0
16	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$39,110	300	0.4
17	Columbia, SC	$38,380	70	0.2
18	Lynchburg, VA	$37,690	200	2.1
19	Greensboro-High Point, NC	$36,730	460	1.3
20	Winston-Salem, NC	$36,440	200	0.7
21	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	$36,200	430	2.8
22	Burlington, NC	$33,540	240	3.5
23	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$33,330	50	0.0

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, 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.