Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in the US
A mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders earns a national median of $48,990 a year (mean $52,090) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #575 of 825.
How much does a mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders earn in the US?
A mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders in the United States earns a median of $48,990 a year (mean $52,090), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 4% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 94,920 people work in this occupation (SOC 51-9023), ranked #575 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$48,990
per year
Mean
$52,090
per year
Employment
94,920
US workers
National rank
#575
of 825 by median
What a mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders (SOC 51-9023) earns a median annual wage of $48,990 and a mean (average) of $52,090. The median is the midpoint — half of mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders earn more and half earn less — and is 4% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders is $48,990, and the mean (average) is $52,090. The median is the midpoint — half of mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders earn more and half earn less.
- How does mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders pay compare to the US average?
- At $48,990, a mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders earns 4% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 94,920 mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders employed nationally (SOC 51-9023), across all industries.
- Where does this mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 51-9023. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 51-9023 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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