Pay distribution $39,160 10th $39,190 25th $46,340 75th $50,390 90th
Half of Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders in the Boulder metro area earn more than $41,820 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $39,190 and $46,340.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $39,160 $39,190 $41,820 $46,340 $50,390 Hourly $18.83 $18.84 $20.11 $22.28 $24.23
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
$41,820 median for Boulder metro area; middle half earns $39,190 to $46,340
$46,010 median for Colorado; middle half earns $38,630 to $50,300
$43,220 median for United States; middle half earns $36,850 to $49,070
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −9% vs Colorado overall and −3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $21,840 $41,160 $60,480 $79,800 Aguadilla, PR — $21,840 Mayaguez, PR — $22,810 Ponce, PR — $23,120 Arecibo, PR — $27,220 Laredo, TX — $27,960 Midland, TX — $28,530 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $30,110 Port St. Lucie, FL — $30,210 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $30,620 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $31,130 Rapid City, SD — $32,950 Cleveland, TN — $32,970 Tyler, TX — $33,000 San Angelo, TX — $33,410 Longview, TX — $33,610 Columbus, GA-AL — $33,680 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $33,770 Glens Falls, NY — $34,430 Dalton, GA — $34,590 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $34,730 Ocala, FL — $34,790 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $34,850 Texarkana, TX-AR — $34,880 Las Cruces, NM — $34,920 Urban Honolulu, HI — $35,020 Jackson, MS — $35,180 El Paso, TX — $35,210 Muncie, IN — $35,260 Johnson City, TN — $35,390 Albuquerque, NM — $35,480 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $35,760 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $35,810 Burlington, NC — $35,890 Waco, TX — $36,070 Lafayette, LA — $36,210 Dothan, AL — $36,260 Springfield, OH — $36,310 Montgomery, AL — $36,320 Grand Junction, CO — $36,390 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $36,400 Hammond, LA — $36,410 Valdosta, GA — $36,500 Lubbock, TX — $36,580 Gadsden, AL — $36,650 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $36,770 Dover, DE — $36,800 Peoria, IL — $36,850 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $36,980 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $37,190 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $37,240 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $37,290 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $37,320 Canton-Massillon, OH — $37,350 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $37,380 Tucson, AZ — $37,410 Lima, OH — $37,430 Jacksonville, FL — $37,470 Lebanon, PA — $37,470 Knoxville, TN — $37,490 Ithaca, NY — $37,520 Yuma, AZ — $37,520 Salem, OR — $37,540 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $37,550 Redding, CA — $37,560 Decatur, AL — $37,660 Niles, MI — $37,680 College Station-Bryan, TX — $37,730 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $37,770 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $37,780 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $37,790 Altoona, PA — $37,800 Mansfield, OH — $37,880 Flint, MI — $37,920 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $37,930 Anchorage, AK — $38,020 Colorado Springs, CO — $38,020 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $38,040 Gainesville, FL — $38,070 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $38,070 Paducah, KY-IL — $38,180 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $38,210 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $38,220 Yuba City, CA — $38,230 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $38,240 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $38,250 Alexandria, LA — $38,260 New Haven, CT — $38,300 Morristown, TN — $38,310 Kingston, NY — $38,330 Spartanburg, SC — $38,330 Great Falls, MT — $38,360 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $38,380 Fresno, CA — $38,440 Tallahassee, FL — $38,460 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $38,510 Reno, NV — $38,510 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $38,520 Iowa City, IA — $38,550 Utica-Rome, NY — $38,550 Oklahoma City, OK — $38,600 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $38,730 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $38,750 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $38,780 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $38,790 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $38,810 Wilmington, NC — $38,850 Elizabethtown, KY — $38,950 Winchester, VA-WV — $39,030 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $39,070 Bellingham, WA — $39,090 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $39,170 Worcester, MA — $39,170 Fayetteville, NC — $39,180 Rochester, MN — $39,200 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $39,300 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $39,320 St. George, UT — $39,330 Roanoke, VA — $39,530 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $39,580 Akron, OH — $39,620 St. Cloud, MN — $39,620 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $39,680 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $39,750 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $39,770 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $39,770 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $39,790 Jackson, TN — $39,890 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $40,000 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $40,030 Huntsville, AL — $40,190 Birmingham, AL — $40,290 Erie, PA — $40,330 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $40,360 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $40,510 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $40,560 Santa Fe, NM — $40,590 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $40,600 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $40,610 Tulsa, OK — $40,750 Vineland, NJ — $40,800 Gainesville, GA — $40,820 Pittsburgh, PA — $40,820 Ann Arbor, MI — $40,840 Cleveland, OH — $40,840 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $40,950 Rockford, IL — $40,990 Winston-Salem, NC — $41,100 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $41,150 Jonesboro, AR — $41,320 Bloomington, IL — $41,330 Columbia, SC — $41,340 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $41,350 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $41,490 Sandusky, OH — $41,600 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $41,660 Boulder, CO — $41,820 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $41,890 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $41,900 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $42,020 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $42,050 Asheville, NC — $42,060 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $42,070 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $42,110 Visalia, CA — $42,130 Florence, SC — $42,140 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $42,320 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $42,320 Albany, OR — $42,330 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $42,450 Billings, MT — $42,540 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $42,570 Bloomington, IN — $42,790 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $42,850 Baton Rouge, LA — $42,880 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $42,930 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $43,040 Amarillo, TX — $43,110 Medford, OR — $43,130 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $43,290 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $43,310 Terre Haute, IN — $43,310 Grants Pass, OR — $43,370 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $43,370 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $43,470 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $43,520 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $43,610 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $43,660 Yakima, WA — $43,690 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $43,700 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $43,710 Sherman-Denison, TX — $43,710 Lewiston, ID-WA — $43,750 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $43,780 Rochester, NY — $43,780 Saginaw, MI — $43,800 Binghamton, NY — $43,850 Walla Walla, WA — $43,850 Fort Wayne, IN — $43,990 Reading, PA — $44,010 Springfield, MA — $44,070 Syracuse, NY — $44,080 Omaha, NE-IA — $44,140 Richmond, VA — $44,180 Idaho Falls, ID — $44,210 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $44,220 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $44,280 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $44,330 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $44,340 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $44,350 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $44,390 Barnstable Town, MA — $44,490 Rocky Mount, NC — $44,550 Columbus, IN — $44,620 Salinas, CA — $44,660 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $44,740 Ogden, UT — $44,800 Fond du Lac, WI — $44,850 Lincoln, NE — $44,900 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $44,920 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $44,970 Monroe, MI — $44,990 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $45,050 Clarksville, TN-KY — $45,080 Evansville, IN — $45,100 Chico, CA — $45,130 Lynchburg, VA — $45,190 Monroe, LA — $45,220 Merced, CA — $45,280 Wichita, KS — $45,280 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $45,290 Topeka, KS — $45,300 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $45,330 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $45,350 Logan, UT-ID — $45,360 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $45,380 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $45,440 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $45,460 Kankakee, IL — $45,480 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $45,500 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $45,510 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $45,570 Elmira, NY — $45,590 Columbus, OH — $45,600 Appleton, WI — $45,660 State College, PA — $45,670 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $45,680 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $45,730 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $45,740 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $45,750 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $45,890 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $45,900 Kenosha, WI — $45,900 Boise City, ID — $45,930 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $45,980 Charleston, WV — $46,010 Gettysburg, PA — $46,020 Wausau, WI — $46,030 Mobile, AL — $46,070 Harrisonburg, VA — $46,150 Wichita Falls, TX — $46,160 Green Bay, WI — $46,220 Jefferson City, MO — $46,300 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $46,310 Vallejo, CA — $46,310 Bowling Green, KY — $46,330 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $46,450 Pueblo, CO — $46,480 Killeen-Temple, TX — $46,490 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $46,550 Minot, ND — $46,720 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $46,780 Lawrence, KS — $46,840 Greenville, NC — $46,890 Fargo, ND-MN — $46,990 Joplin, MO-KS — $47,040 Sheboygan, WI — $47,120 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $47,140 York-Hanover, PA — $47,160 Wheeling, WV-OH — $47,190 Rome, GA — $47,260 Bay City, MI — $47,350 Mankato, MN — $47,360 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $47,430 Madison, WI — $47,430 St. Louis, MO-IL — $47,460 Kansas City, MO-KS — $47,530 Duluth, MN-WI — $47,610 Dubuque, IA — $47,640 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $47,950 Pittsfield, MA — $47,970 Toledo, OH — $47,970 Longview-Kelso, WA — $47,980 Columbia, MO — $48,070 Williamsport, PA — $48,200 Ames, IA — $48,250 Bozeman, MT — $48,250 Chambersburg, PA — $48,260 Portland-South Portland, ME — $48,360 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $48,480 Bend, OR — $48,510 Grand Island, NE — $48,510 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $48,590 Charlottesville, VA — $48,680 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $48,800 Savannah, GA — $49,090 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $49,120 Springfield, MO — $49,250 Modesto, CA — $49,460 Greeley, CO — $49,560 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $49,590 Lancaster, PA — $49,680 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $49,880 Battle Creek, MI — $49,910 Carson City, NV — $49,920 Johnstown, PA — $50,070 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $50,260 Napa, CA — $50,850 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $50,930 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $51,100 Twin Falls, ID — $51,430 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $51,980 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $53,540 Traverse City, MI — $54,020 Decatur, IL — $59,160 Eau Claire, WI — $60,340 Owensboro, KY — $61,250 Tuscaloosa, AL — $61,680 Cedar Rapids, IA — $67,700 Salisbury, MD — $69,060 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $79,800 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 175th-highest published median for this occupation among the 330 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 packaging and filling machine operators and tenders, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Boulder metro areathis page
$41,820 median for Boulder metro area; middle half earns $39,190 to $46,340
$79,800 median for Fort Collins metro area; middle half earns $45,270 to $79,800
$49,560 median for Greeley metro area; middle half earns $39,700 to $49,560
$46,480 median for Pueblo metro area; middle half earns $42,230 to $47,590
$45,730 median for Denver metro area; middle half earns $38,040 to $53,800
$38,020 median for Colorado Springs metro area; middle half earns $34,020 to $43,320
$36,390 median for Grand Junction metro area; middle half earns $36,390 to $42,640
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 Bakers $40,660 Highest-paying metro areas for packaging and filling machine 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 .