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Estimated Employment450
Mean wage$20.39
Entry wage$16.25
10th percentile wage$14.56
50th percentile wage$18.97
90th percentile wage$24.50
 Top Employing Industries
 IndustryEmployment
Percent
Paper Manufacturing12026.4%
Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing11023.6%
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing10022.4%
Printing and Related Support Activities409.1%
 Best Paying Industries
 IndustryEmployment
Median Wage
Machinery Manufacturing  $21.06
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing100  $19.25
Paper Manufacturing120  $19.08
Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing110  $18.74
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (51-9032)
Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut or slice materials, such as glass, stone, cork, rubber, tobacco, food, paper, or insulating material. Excludes Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (51-4031), Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (51-6062), and Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (51-7040).
Median Wage History
YearThis
Occupation
Compared to
Occupational Group
Difference
Current  $18.97 $23.13 -$4.16
2021$18.23+4.0%$22.23+4.0%-$3.99
2020$17.45+4.5%$21.27+4.5%-$3.82
2019$16.89+3.3%$20.59+3.3%-$3.70
2018$16.39+3.0%$19.98+3.0%-$3.59
2017$15.89+3.1%$19.37+3.1%-$3.48
2016$15.45+2.8%$18.84+2.8%-$3.38
2015$15.03+2.8%$18.32+2.8%-$3.29
2014$14.69+2.3%$17.91+2.3%-$3.22
2013$14.41+2.0%$17.56+2.0%-$3.15
YearThis
Occupation
Compared to
All Occupations
Difference
Current  $18.97 $24.37 -$5.40
2021$18.23+4.0%$23.42+4.0%-$5.18
2020$17.45+4.5%$22.62+3.5%-$5.17
2019$16.89+3.3%$21.98+2.9%-$5.09
2018$16.39+3.0%$21.34+3.0%-$4.94
2017$15.89+3.1%$20.73+2.9%-$4.83
2016$15.45+2.8%$20.24+2.4%-$4.79
2015$15.03+2.8%$19.73+2.6%-$4.70
2014$14.69+2.3%$19.31+2.2%-$4.62
2013$14.41+2.0%$18.96+1.9%-$4.55

Reference Date: 1st Quarter 2022

Note: The mid-wage is the median wage. The average wage is the mean wage. The entry-level wage is equal to the average of the lower third of reported wages for the occupation. The wage range consists of the 10th and 90th percentiles; 80% of workers earn between this wage range, 10% earn less while 10% earn more.
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