Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders · SOC 51-9023
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in the Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in the Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $46,700 per year ($22.45 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $31,750 at the 10th percentile to $65,860 at the 90th. BLS estimates 60 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in the Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area earn more than $46,700 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $37,690 and $48,330.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $31,750 | $37,690 | $46,700 | $48,330 | $65,860 |
| Hourly | $15.27 | $18.12 | $22.45 | $23.24 | $31.66 |
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
- Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$46,700 median for Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $37,690 to $48,330
- Michiganstate$44,310 median for Michigan; middle half earns $38,240 to $54,410
- 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 +5% vs Michigan overall and −5% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Michigan
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.
- Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan areathis page$46,700 median for Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $37,690 to $48,330
- $48,080 median for Grand Rapids metro area; middle half earns $39,520 to $56,550
- $47,640 median for Flint metro area; middle half earns $45,240 to $56,820
- $46,140 median for Detroit metro area; middle half earns $35,600 to $56,670
- $44,100 median for Kalamazoo metro area; middle half earns $38,240 to $48,680
- $40,480 median for Lansing metro area; middle half earns $38,930 to $56,090
- $39,420 median for Niles metro area; middle half earns $37,340 to $48,220
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
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Highest-paying metro areas for mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenderss · Highest-paying occupations in Mid Michigan 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.