Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders · SOC 51-9012
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in the Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in the Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $50,090 per year ($24.08 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $33,790 at the 10th percentile to $59,990 at the 90th. BLS estimates 80 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in the Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area earn more than $50,090 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $43,700 and $56,080.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $33,790 | $43,700 | $50,090 | $56,080 | $59,990 |
| Hourly | $16.25 | $21.01 | $24.08 | $26.96 | $28.84 |
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
- Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$50,090 median for Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $43,700 to $56,080
- Oregonstate$50,160 median for Oregon; middle half earns $44,050 to $60,380
- United Statesnational$51,610 median for United States; middle half earns $44,410 to $63,930
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is about the same vs Oregon overall and −3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Oregon
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Central Oregon nonmetropolitan areathis page$50,090 median for Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $43,700 to $56,080
- $55,100 median for Salem metro area; middle half earns $45,430 to $72,070
- $52,000 median for Bend metro area; middle half earns $47,510 to $61,730
- $50,380 median for Portland metro area; middle half earns $46,650 to $62,200
- $50,340 median for Albany metro area; middle half earns $32,240 to $87,610
- $46,260 median for Eugene metro area; middle half earns $36,200 to $57,860
- $45,950 median for Medford metro area; middle half earns $37,780 to $59,640
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 separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenderss · Highest-paying occupations in Central Oregon 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.