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 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northeast Maine 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 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $60,790 per year ($29.23 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $46,710 at the 10th percentile to $101,970 at the 90th. BLS estimates 50 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 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area earn more than $60,790 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $51,480 and $79,800.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $46,710 | $51,480 | $60,790 | $79,800 | $101,970 |
| Hourly | $22.46 | $24.75 | $29.23 | $38.36 | $49.02 |
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
- Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$60,790 median for Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $51,480 to $79,800
- Mainestate$57,190 median for Maine; middle half earns $49,610 to $60,390
- 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 +6% vs Maine overall and +18% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Maine
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.
- Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan areathis page$60,790 median for Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $51,480 to $79,800
- $58,580 median for Portland metro area; middle half earns $53,910 to $59,820
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 separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenderss · Highest-paying occupations in Northeast Maine 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.