Pay distribution $41,450 10th $48,880 25th $61,710 75th $113,660 90th
Half of Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in the Boulder metro area earn more than $54,760 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $48,880 and $61,710.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $41,450 $48,880 $54,760 $61,710 $113,660 Hourly $19.93 $23.50 $26.33 $29.67 $54.65
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Boulder metro areathis metro area
$54,760 median for Boulder metro area; middle half earns $48,880 to $61,710
$53,590 median for Colorado; middle half earns $47,480 to $75,510
$48,250 median for United States; middle half earns $40,590 to $59,680
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +2% vs Colorado overall and +13% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $30,150 $43,300 $56,450 $69,600 Flint, MI — $30,150 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $32,150 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $36,520 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $36,670 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $36,870 Gadsden, AL — $37,360 Sumter, SC — $37,470 Amarillo, TX — $37,530 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $37,530 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $38,120 El Paso, TX — $38,320 Valdosta, GA — $38,320 Laredo, TX — $38,450 Farmington, NM — $38,860 Dothan, AL — $39,030 Niles, MI — $39,200 Columbus, IN — $39,300 Columbus, GA-AL — $39,520 Florence, SC — $39,520 Albany, GA — $39,590 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $39,740 Rome, GA — $39,760 Texarkana, TX-AR — $39,940 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $40,590 Ocala, FL — $40,890 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $41,790 Lubbock, TX — $42,240 Tyler, TX — $42,380 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $42,410 Joplin, MO-KS — $42,430 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $42,730 Rocky Mount, NC — $42,770 Tuscaloosa, AL — $42,950 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $43,140 Utica-Rome, NY — $43,390 Mansfield, OH — $43,440 Jackson, MI — $43,680 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $43,680 Erie, PA — $43,690 Topeka, KS — $44,060 Twin Falls, ID — $44,070 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $44,180 Huntsville, AL — $44,210 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $44,220 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $44,230 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $44,260 Lynchburg, VA — $44,300 Monroe, MI — $44,340 Owensboro, KY — $44,340 College Station-Bryan, TX — $44,350 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $44,460 Hattiesburg, MS — $44,500 Johnson City, TN — $44,600 Dalton, GA — $44,740 Morristown, TN — $44,780 Columbia, SC — $44,810 Muncie, IN — $44,830 Yuma, AZ — $44,910 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $44,920 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $45,090 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $45,100 Killeen-Temple, TX — $45,110 State College, PA — $45,130 Traverse City, MI — $45,190 Decatur, AL — $45,210 Corpus Christi, TX — $45,260 Longview, TX — $45,310 Sherman-Denison, TX — $45,320 Wilmington, NC — $45,320 Gainesville, GA — $45,350 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $45,400 Victoria, TX — $45,420 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $45,440 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $45,440 Evansville, IN — $45,450 Knoxville, TN — $45,450 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $45,470 Albany, OR — $45,520 Binghamton, NY — $45,560 Cleveland, TN — $45,560 Saginaw, MI — $45,600 Hot Springs, AR — $45,610 Terre Haute, IN — $45,630 Rockford, IL — $45,690 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $45,720 Logan, UT-ID — $45,740 Lafayette, LA — $45,820 Reno, NV — $45,820 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $45,870 Missoula, MT — $45,900 Pocatello, ID — $45,930 Asheville, NC — $45,940 Elmira, NY — $45,960 Birmingham, AL — $45,990 Waco, TX — $46,010 Yakima, WA — $46,050 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $46,090 Rapid City, SD — $46,090 Jackson, TN — $46,110 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $46,120 Kankakee, IL — $46,130 Montgomery, AL — $46,130 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $46,170 Fort Wayne, IN — $46,250 Tucson, AZ — $46,290 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $46,300 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $46,350 Wichita Falls, TX — $46,380 Idaho Falls, ID — $46,420 Anchorage, AK — $46,430 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $46,450 Midland, TX — $46,490 Burlington, NC — $46,530 San Angelo, TX — $46,530 Peoria, IL — $46,540 Grants Pass, OR — $46,580 Boise City, ID — $46,590 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $46,590 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $46,600 Visalia, CA — $46,630 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $46,640 Albuquerque, NM — $46,670 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $46,670 Cedar Rapids, IA — $46,750 Dubuque, IA — $46,770 Springfield, MO — $46,860 Williamsport, PA — $46,910 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $46,920 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $46,930 Sandusky, OH — $46,930 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $46,950 Rochester, NY — $46,990 Tallahassee, FL — $46,990 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $47,010 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $47,060 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $47,060 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $47,070 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $47,070 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $47,070 Canton-Massillon, OH — $47,110 Oklahoma City, OK — $47,130 Bloomington, IL — $47,150 Mankato, MN — $47,220 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $47,230 Billings, MT — $47,240 St. Louis, MO-IL — $47,240 Abilene, TX — $47,250 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $47,280 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $47,280 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $47,280 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $47,290 Salem, OR — $47,290 Tulsa, OK — $47,310 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $47,320 Odessa, TX — $47,340 Gainesville, FL — $47,360 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $47,360 Wausau, WI — $47,370 St. George, UT — $47,380 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $47,490 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $47,520 Roanoke, VA — $47,520 Eau Claire, WI — $47,560 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $47,560 Mobile, AL — $47,580 Paducah, KY-IL — $47,580 Jacksonville, FL — $47,590 Fargo, ND-MN — $47,610 Reading, PA — $47,620 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $47,630 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $47,640 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $47,800 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $47,810 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $47,820 Harrisonburg, VA — $47,870 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $47,870 Gettysburg, PA — $47,890 Ogden, UT — $47,910 Lebanon, PA — $47,950 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $48,010 Syracuse, NY — $48,020 Lima, OH — $48,040 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $48,070 Winston-Salem, NC — $48,090 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $48,170 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $48,170 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $48,210 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $48,220 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $48,230 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $48,230 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $48,240 Richmond, VA — $48,310 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $48,320 Lancaster, PA — $48,340 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $48,340 Yuba City, CA — $48,340 Spartanburg, SC — $48,370 Worcester, MA — $48,380 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $48,430 Columbus, OH — $48,460 Bangor, ME — $48,480 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $48,480 Chambersburg, PA — $48,500 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $48,500 Clarksville, TN-KY — $48,510 Toledo, OH — $48,530 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $48,540 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $48,560 Madison, WI — $48,570 Fresno, CA — $48,660 Lawrence, KS — $48,700 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $48,700 Medford, OR — $48,720 Fond du Lac, WI — $48,740 Pittsburgh, PA — $48,760 Port St. Lucie, FL — $48,800 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $48,830 Bowling Green, KY — $48,840 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $48,860 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $48,870 Charleston, WV — $48,890 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $48,890 Merced, CA — $48,890 Akron, OH — $48,900 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $48,910 Green Bay, WI — $48,910 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $49,020 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $49,020 Kansas City, MO-KS — $49,180 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $49,260 Springfield, MA — $49,260 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $49,330 Winchester, VA-WV — $49,330 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $49,350 Ann Arbor, MI — $49,360 Bend, OR — $49,390 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $49,390 Charlottesville, VA — $49,420 New Haven, CT — $49,490 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $49,520 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $49,570 Sheboygan, WI — $49,570 Jackson, MS — $49,580 York-Hanover, PA — $49,580 Altoona, PA — $49,690 Jefferson City, MO — $49,730 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $49,780 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $49,820 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $49,850 Omaha, NE-IA — $49,920 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $49,940 Jonesboro, AR — $49,960 Cleveland, OH — $50,210 Vineland, NJ — $50,320 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $50,410 Iowa City, IA — $50,430 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $50,450 Johnstown, PA — $50,480 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $50,600 Decatur, IL — $50,650 Battle Creek, MI — $50,740 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $50,860 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $50,900 Glens Falls, NY — $50,920 Greeley, CO — $50,960 Modesto, CA — $51,020 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $51,020 Bozeman, MT — $51,110 Lewiston, ID-WA — $51,230 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $51,250 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $51,270 Greenville, NC — $51,310 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $51,700 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $51,800 Kenosha, WI — $51,970 Chico, CA — $52,000 Urban Honolulu, HI — $52,000 Colorado Springs, CO — $52,180 Baton Rouge, LA — $52,190 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $52,640 Pueblo, CO — $53,080 Redding, CA — $53,330 Columbia, MO — $53,370 Appleton, WI — $53,390 Bellingham, WA — $53,690 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $53,830 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $53,890 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $54,120 Lincoln, NE — $54,150 Rochester, MN — $54,390 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $54,560 Boulder, CO — $54,760 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $54,870 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $55,100 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $55,190 Casper, WY — $55,470 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $55,540 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $55,810 Duluth, MN-WI — $55,830 Warner Robins, GA — $55,980 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $56,160 St. Cloud, MN — $56,380 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $56,960 Springfield, IL — $57,200 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $57,660 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $57,780 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $57,960 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $58,240 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $58,240 Salinas, CA — $58,390 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $58,390 Savannah, GA — $58,410 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $58,520 Wichita, KS — $58,770 Longview-Kelso, WA — $58,790 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $58,910 Bismarck, ND — $59,250 Portland-South Portland, ME — $59,420 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $59,430 Elizabethtown, KY — $59,800 Vallejo, CA — $59,930 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $59,970 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $60,820 Grand Island, NE — $61,110 Grand Junction, CO — $61,130 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $61,220 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $61,260 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $61,730 Fayetteville, NC — $62,120 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $62,280 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $63,030 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $63,180 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $63,360 Lexington Park, MD — $66,570 Springfield, OH — $67,070 Ames, IA — $69,090 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $69,600 Boulder metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Boulder metro area has the 46th-highest published median for this occupation among the 337 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Colorado Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Boulder metro areathis page
$54,760 median for Boulder metro area; middle half earns $48,880 to $61,710
$61,130 median for Grand Junction metro area; middle half earns $47,480 to $77,000
$56,160 median for Denver metro area; middle half earns $46,910 to $81,170
$53,080 median for Pueblo metro area; middle half earns $39,220 to $53,080
$52,180 median for Colorado Springs metro area; middle half earns $47,950 to $77,580
$50,960 median for Greeley metro area; middle half earns $48,380 to $60,640
$49,260 median for Fort Collins metro area; middle half earns $45,660 to $59,290
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators $47,610 First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers $84,880 Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers $60,400 Food Batchmakers $43,090 Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers $55,220 Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders $41,820 Highest-paying metro areas for coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenderss · Highest-paying occupations in Boulder Metro
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .