Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders · SOC 51-9023
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in the Indiana
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Indiana
Figures describe the state of Indiana as a whole.
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in the Indiana earned a median of $47,650 per year ($22.91 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $37,390 at the 10th percentile to $66,600 at the 90th. BLS estimates 4,840 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in the Indiana earn more than $47,650 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $44,020 and $58,670.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $37,390 | $44,020 | $47,650 | $58,670 | $66,600 |
| Hourly | $17.98 | $21.16 | $22.91 | $28.21 | $32.02 |
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
- Indiana$47,650 median for Indiana; middle half earns $44,020 to $58,670
- United Statesnational$48,990 median for United States; middle half earns $42,850 to $59,860
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Indiana
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Indianathis page$47,650 median for Indiana; middle half earns $44,020 to $58,670
- $47,920 median for Elkhart metro area; middle half earns $43,770 to $57,200
- $47,680 median for Evansville metro area; middle half earns $45,500 to $65,200
- $47,500 median for South Bend metro area; middle half earns $41,500 to $50,040
- $46,510 median for Indianapolis metro area; middle half earns $44,560 to $49,920
- $45,450 median for Fort Wayne metro area; middle half earns $39,280 to $48,340
- $44,820 median for Terre Haute metro area; middle half earns $38,310 to $49,450
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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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.