Machine Feeders and Offbearers · SOC 53-7063
Machine Feeders and Offbearers Salary in the Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Machine Feeders and Offbearers in the Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $37,530 per year ($18.05 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $31,770 at the 10th percentile to $44,630 at the 90th. BLS estimates 310 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Machine Feeders and Offbearers in the Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area earn more than $37,530 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $32,560 and $39,890.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $31,770 | $32,560 | $37,530 | $39,890 | $44,630 |
| Hourly | $15.28 | $15.65 | $18.05 | $19.18 | $21.46 |
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
- Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$37,530 median for Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $32,560 to $39,890
- Indianastate$37,850 median for Indiana; middle half earns $35,290 to $44,180
- United Statesnational$41,220 median for United States; middle half earns $36,420 to $48,480
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −1% vs Indiana overall and −9% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Indiana
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for machine feeders and offbearers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan areathis page$37,530 median for Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $32,560 to $39,890
- $45,700 median for Columbus metro area; middle half earns $36,060 to $49,770
- $45,680 median for Lafayette metro area; middle half earns $34,890 to $48,490
- $38,220 median for Elkhart metro area; middle half earns $35,450 to $39,670
- $37,820 median for Indianapolis metro area; middle half earns $35,870 to $39,110
- $37,780 median for South Bend metro area; middle half earns $36,270 to $43,870
- $37,410 median for Fort Wayne metro area; middle half earns $32,320 to $44,150
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:
Highest-paying metro areas for machine feeders and offbearerss · Highest-paying occupations in Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area
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.