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Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood · SOC 51-7041

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood Salary in the Portland Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Portland-South Portland, ME metro area

Figures describe the Portland-South Portland, ME metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Portland city limits.

Median annual wage$48,710
Median hourly wage$23.42

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood in the Portland-South Portland, ME metro area earned a median of $48,710 per year ($23.42 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $39,020 at the 10th percentile to $58,830 at the 90th. BLS estimates 90 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood in the Portland metro area earn more than $48,710 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $44,400 and $48,970.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$39,020$44,400$48,710$48,970$58,830
Hourly$18.76$21.34$23.42$23.54$28.29

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.

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How this area compares

  • Portland metro areathis metro area
    $48,710
  • Mainestate (ME)
    $46,210
  • United Statesnational
    $42,770

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +5% vs Maine overall and +14% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$29,120$39,447$49,773$60,100Longview, TX — $29,120Rapid City, SD — $30,460Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $31,510Fort Smith, AR-OK — $34,340Oklahoma City, OK — $34,670Roanoke, VA — $35,310Goldsboro, NC — $35,660Richmond, VA — $35,790Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $35,970Spartanburg, SC — $36,250Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $36,420Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $36,470Greensboro-High Point, NC — $36,600Lynchburg, VA — $36,710Tulsa, OK — $36,810San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $36,890Morristown, TN — $36,910Auburn-Opelika, AL — $37,060Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $37,070Burlington, NC — $37,090Columbus, GA-AL — $37,140Binghamton, NY — $37,190Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $37,330Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $37,370Clarksville, TN-KY — $37,440Tuscaloosa, AL — $37,440Jackson, MS — $37,470Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $37,570Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $37,620Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $37,720Yuba City, CA — $37,910Appleton, WI — $37,920Jefferson City, MO — $37,980Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $38,040Birmingham, AL — $38,080Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $38,090Winston-Salem, NC — $38,260Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $38,280Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $38,460St. Louis, MO-IL — $38,520Fort Wayne, IN — $38,600York-Hanover, PA — $38,650Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $38,740South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $38,800Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $38,890Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $39,040Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $39,110Kansas City, MO-KS — $39,200Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $39,240Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $39,260Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $39,370Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $39,510Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $39,570Toledo, OH — $39,580Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $39,590Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $39,610Williamsport, PA — $39,630Syracuse, NY — $39,690Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $39,730Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $40,000Knoxville, TN — $40,000Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $40,010Utica-Rome, NY — $40,260Idaho Falls, ID — $40,490Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $40,560Modesto, CA — $40,600Columbia, SC — $40,620Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $40,800Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $40,880Bangor, ME — $41,340Jacksonville, FL — $41,440Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $41,550Rochester, NY — $41,590Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $41,850Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $41,950Sheboygan, WI — $42,040Akron, OH — $42,190Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $42,240Fresno, CA — $42,850Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $42,910Bellingham, WA — $43,290Columbus, OH — $43,480Pittsburgh, PA — $43,490Dubuque, IA — $43,600Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $43,620Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $43,680Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $43,800Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $43,800Boise City, ID — $43,910Lancaster, PA — $44,060Decatur, AL — $44,360Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $44,410Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $44,520Greeley, CO — $44,610Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $44,620Chattanooga, TN-GA — $44,780Florence, SC — $45,000Wausau, WI — $45,200Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $45,360Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $45,410Green Bay, WI — $45,480Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $45,490San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $45,620Albany, OR — $45,700Jackson, TN — $45,850Huntsville, AL — $46,100Chico, CA — $46,210Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $46,310Reno, NV — $46,310Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $46,370Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $46,380Canton-Massillon, OH — $46,410Reading, PA — $46,650Eau Claire, WI — $46,670Salem, OR — $47,050Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $47,110Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $47,460Omaha, NE-IA — $47,610Stockton-Lodi, CA — $48,210Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $48,300Coeur d'Alene, ID — $48,350Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $48,400Eugene-Springfield, OR — $48,400New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $48,700Portland-South Portland, ME — $48,710Medford, OR — $49,230Vallejo, CA — $49,250Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $49,310Cleveland, OH — $49,610Baton Rouge, LA — $49,700Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $49,740St. Cloud, MN — $49,820Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $50,250Redding, CA — $50,630San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $50,720Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $51,540Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $54,090Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $54,340Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $55,280Longview-Kelso, WA — $60,100

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 Portland metro area has the 16th-highest published median for this occupation among the 140 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 Maine

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.

  • Portland metro areathis page
    $48,710
  • Bangor metro area
    $41,340
  • Lewiston metro area
    $37,330

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$48,240First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$82,740Machinists$65,200Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$66,420Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$60,860Bakers$38,460

Highest-paying metro areas for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, woods · Highest-paying occupations in Portland 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.

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.