Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders · SOC 51-9111
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders Salary in the North Florida nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025North Florida nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the North Florida nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders in the North Florida nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $34,310 per year ($16.50 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $29,420 at the 10th percentile to $50,890 at the 90th. BLS estimates 360 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders in the North Florida nonmetropolitan area earn more than $34,310 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $30,360 and $43,680.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $29,420 | $30,360 | $34,310 | $43,680 | $50,890 |
| Hourly | $14.14 | $14.60 | $16.50 | $21.00 | $24.46 |
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
- North Florida nonmetropolitan area$34,310 median for North Florida nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $30,360 to $43,680
- Floridastate$37,170 median for Florida; middle half earns $31,840 to $45,350
- 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 −8% vs Florida overall and −21% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Florida
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.
- North Florida nonmetropolitan areathis page$34,310 median for North Florida nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $30,360 to $43,680
- $39,170 median for Lakeland metro area; middle half earns $35,340 to $47,730
- $38,460 median for Tallahassee metro area; middle half earns $31,060 to $39,810
- $38,240 median for North Port metro area; middle half earns $32,070 to $49,900
- $38,070 median for Gainesville metro area; middle half earns $33,830 to $47,730
- $38,070 median for Tampa metro area; middle half earns $31,360 to $46,070
- $37,930 median for Orlando metro area; middle half earns $33,180 to $48,720
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 North Florida 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.