Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood · SOC 51-7041
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood Salary in the Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood in the Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $50,500 per year ($24.28 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $39,020 at the 10th percentile to $59,630 at the 90th. BLS estimates 70 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood in the Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area earn more than $50,500 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $43,550 and $50,500.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $39,020 | $43,550 | $50,500 | $50,500 | $59,630 |
| Hourly | $18.76 | $20.94 | $24.28 | $24.28 | $28.67 |
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 Washington nonmetropolitan area$50,500 median for Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $43,550 to $50,500
- Washingtonstate$51,940 median for Washington; middle half earns $46,370 to $60,630
- United Statesnational$42,770 median for United States; middle half earns $36,510 to $48,620
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −3% vs Washington overall and +18% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Washington
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan areathis page$50,500 median for Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $43,550 to $50,500
- $60,100 median for Longview metro area; middle half earns $48,400 to $62,030
- $55,280 median for Seattle metro area; middle half earns $48,480 to $65,210
- $49,310 median for Mount Vernon metro area; middle half earns $46,000 to $63,180
- $46,370 median for Spokane metro area; middle half earns $39,730 to $57,220
- $43,290 median for Bellingham metro area; middle half earns $43,290 to $50,400
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 sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, woods · Highest-paying occupations in Eastern Washington 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.