Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders · SOC 51-6063
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in the Chattanooga Metro Area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area
Figures describe the Chattanooga, TN-GA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Chattanooga city limits.
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in the Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area earned a median of $44,880 per year ($21.58 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $30,630 at the 10th percentile to $46,650 at the 90th. BLS estimates 220 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in the Chattanooga metro area earn more than $44,880 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $37,210 and $44,880.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $30,630 | $37,210 | $44,880 | $44,880 | $46,650 |
| Hourly | $14.73 | $17.89 | $21.58 | $21.58 | $22.43 |
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
- Chattanooga metro areathis metro area$44,880 median for Chattanooga metro area; middle half earns $37,210 to $44,880
- Tennesseestate (TN)$33,550 median for Tennessee; middle half earns $32,750 to $37,220
- United Statesnational$39,530 median for United States; middle half earns $36,390 to $45,220
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +34% vs Tennessee overall and +14% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally
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The Chattanooga metro area has the 4th-highest published median for this occupation among the 23 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”.
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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.