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Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders · SOC 51-9032

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in the Philadelphia Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area

Figures describe the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Philadelphia city limits.

Median annual wage$47,660
Median hourly wage$22.91

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area earned a median of $47,660 per year ($22.91 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $32,510 at the 10th percentile to $61,600 at the 90th. BLS estimates 560 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in the Philadelphia metro area earn more than $47,660 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $40,360 and $57,160.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$32,510$40,360$47,660$57,160$61,600
Hourly$15.63$19.40$22.91$27.48$29.62

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.

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How this area compares

  • Philadelphia metro areathis metro area
    $47,660
  • Pennsylvaniastate (PA)
    $46,850
  • United Statesnational
    $46,570

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +2% vs Pennsylvania overall and +2% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$24,710$37,657$50,603$63,550San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $24,710Dalton, GA — $33,210Tyler, TX — $35,370San Angelo, TX — $35,810Macon-Bibb County, GA — $36,530Montgomery, AL — $36,780Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $37,290Rocky Mount, NC — $37,390Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $37,400Killeen-Temple, TX — $37,610Ocala, FL — $37,680Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $37,840Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $38,230Spartanburg, SC — $38,370Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $38,410Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $38,440Portland-South Portland, ME — $38,820Tulsa, OK — $38,840Oklahoma City, OK — $39,130McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $39,350Youngstown-Warren, OH — $39,350El Paso, TX — $39,570Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $39,580Winston-Salem, NC — $39,730Burlington, NC — $39,930Huntsville, AL — $40,050San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $40,250Jacksonville, FL — $40,540Albuquerque, NM — $40,870Greensboro-High Point, NC — $41,100Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $41,210Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $41,270Greeley, CO — $41,350North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $41,640Knoxville, TN — $41,920Chattanooga, TN-GA — $41,980Manchester-Nashua, NH — $42,750Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $43,120Bloomington, IN — $43,220Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $43,310Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $43,370Ogden, UT — $43,780Worcester, MA — $43,790Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $43,940Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $44,020Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $44,050Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $44,170Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $44,320Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $44,320Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $44,360Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $44,430Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $44,430Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $44,520Reno, NV — $44,550Raleigh-Cary, NC — $44,570Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $44,620Boulder, CO — $44,650Pittsburgh, PA — $44,670Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $44,790Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $44,820Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $44,870Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $44,930Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $44,940Fort Smith, AR-OK — $44,960Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $44,980Altoona, PA — $45,070Wausau, WI — $45,100Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $45,150Vineland, NJ — $45,180Logan, UT-ID — $45,240Lincoln, NE — $45,340Walla Walla, WA — $45,340Fresno, CA — $45,570Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $45,750Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $45,790Boise City, ID — $45,810Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $45,830Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $45,860Rockford, IL — $45,900Reading, PA — $45,920Springfield, MA — $45,920Tucson, AZ — $45,920Evansville, IN — $45,980Birmingham, AL — $46,020Wichita, KS — $46,070Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $46,110Appleton, WI — $46,120Madison, WI — $46,230Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $46,250Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $46,280Roanoke, VA — $46,310New Haven, CT — $46,330Jefferson City, MO — $46,380Omaha, NE-IA — $46,390Fort Wayne, IN — $46,420Stockton-Lodi, CA — $46,480Akron, OH — $46,500Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $46,600Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $46,600Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $46,780Toledo, OH — $46,780Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $47,030Glens Falls, NY — $47,040Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $47,110Lexington-Fayette, KY — $47,160South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $47,170Salinas, CA — $47,230San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $47,350Fargo, ND-MN — $47,480Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $47,580Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $47,660Asheville, NC — $47,750Columbia, SC — $47,760Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $47,830Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $47,890Jackson, TN — $47,890Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $47,980Elizabethtown, KY — $48,030Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $48,040Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $48,060Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $48,080Canton-Massillon, OH — $48,180Naples-Marco Island, FL — $48,230Richmond, VA — $48,260Columbus, OH — $48,270Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $48,300Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $48,320Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $48,560Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $48,680New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $48,990Lancaster, PA — $49,050Salem, OR — $49,260Jackson, MS — $49,570Springfield, MO — $49,660Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $49,730Kansas City, MO-KS — $49,850St. Louis, MO-IL — $50,020Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $50,100Jonesboro, AR — $50,150York-Hanover, PA — $50,310Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $50,390Baton Rouge, LA — $50,420Medford, OR — $50,440Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $50,720Rochester, NY — $50,780St. Joseph, MO-KS — $50,930Joplin, MO-KS — $50,980Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $51,490Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $51,560Colorado Springs, CO — $51,590Green Bay, WI — $51,690Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $51,750Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $51,750San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $51,750Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $52,180Syracuse, NY — $52,630Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $52,870Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $52,920Terre Haute, IN — $53,180Cleveland, OH — $53,370Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $53,680Gettysburg, PA — $54,100La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $54,280Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $54,950Bend, OR — $55,660Yakima, WA — $56,030Topeka, KS — $56,610St. Cloud, MN — $58,450Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $62,620Wilmington, NC — $63,550

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 Philadelphia metro area has the 60th-highest published median for this occupation among the 170 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 Pennsylvania

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Philadelphia metro areathis page
    $47,660
  • Gettysburg metro area
    $54,100
  • Harrisburg metro area
    $50,390
  • York metro area
    $50,310
  • Lancaster metro area
    $49,050
  • Allentown metro area
    $48,080
  • Reading metro area
    $45,920

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$42,240First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$79,520Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$51,990Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$44,340Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$58,380Bakers$37,770

Highest-paying metro areas for cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenderss · Highest-paying occupations in Philadelphia 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.

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.