Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders · SOC 51-9111
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders Salary in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $41,720 per year ($20.06 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $37,490 at the 10th percentile to $56,630 at the 90th. BLS estimates 50 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area earn more than $41,720 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $39,060 and $49,860.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $37,490 | $39,060 | $41,720 | $49,860 | $56,630 |
| Hourly | $18.02 | $18.78 | $20.06 | $23.97 | $27.23 |
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
- Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$41,720 median for Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $39,060 to $49,860
- Californiastate$44,020 median for California; middle half earns $37,690 to $49,300
- United Statesnational$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 −5% vs California overall and −3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in California
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.
- Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan areathis page$41,720 median for Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $39,060 to $49,860
- $50,850 median for Napa metro area; middle half earns $43,240 to $61,870
- $49,460 median for Modesto metro area; middle half earns $39,440 to $60,060
- $46,780 median for Sacramento metro area; middle half earns $39,280 to $60,480
- $46,310 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $41,920 to $55,030
- $46,310 median for Vallejo metro area; middle half earns $39,380 to $48,550
- $45,900 median for Hanford metro area; middle half earns $37,330 to $63,310
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 packaging and filling machine operators and tenderss · Highest-paying occupations in Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California 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.