Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood · SOC 51-7041
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood Salary in the Sheboygan Metro Area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Sheboygan, WI metro area
Figures describe the Sheboygan, WI metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Sheboygan city limits.
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood in the Sheboygan, WI metro area earned a median of $42,040 per year ($20.21 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $33,950 at the 10th percentile to $48,530 at the 90th. BLS estimates 40 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood in the Sheboygan metro area earn more than $42,040 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $38,520 and $48,530.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $33,950 | $38,520 | $42,040 | $48,530 | $48,530 |
| Hourly | $16.32 | $18.52 | $20.21 | $23.33 | $23.33 |
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
- Sheboygan metro areathis metro area$42,040 median for Sheboygan metro area; middle half earns $38,520 to $48,530
- Wisconsinstate (WI)$44,440 median for Wisconsin; middle half earns $35,710 to $47,570
- 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 −5% vs Wisconsin overall and −2% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally
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 Sheboygan metro area has the 65th-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 Wisconsin
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.
- Sheboygan metro areathis page$42,040 median for Sheboygan metro area; middle half earns $38,520 to $48,530
- $46,670 median for Eau Claire metro area; middle half earns $40,680 to $48,520
- $45,480 median for Green Bay metro area; middle half earns $37,380 to $47,380
- $45,200 median for Wausau metro area; middle half earns $38,320 to $45,200
- $39,570 median for Milwaukee metro area; middle half earns $38,910 to $47,500
- $37,920 median for Appleton metro area; middle half earns $37,180 to $54,340
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
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Highest-paying metro areas for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, woods · Highest-paying occupations in Sheboygan 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.