Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood Salary in the US
A sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood earns a national median of $42,770 a year (mean $43,580) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #693 of 825.
How much does a sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood earn in the US?
A sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in the United States earns a median of $42,770 a year (mean $43,580), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 16% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 40,850 people work in this occupation (SOC 51-7041), ranked #693 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$42,770
per year
Mean
$43,580
per year
Employment
40,850
US workers
National rank
#693
of 825 by median
What a sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood (SOC 51-7041) earns a median annual wage of $42,770 and a mean (average) of $43,580. The median is the midpoint — half of sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood earn more and half earn less — and is 16% 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 sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood is $42,770, and the mean (average) is $43,580. The median is the midpoint — half of sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood earn more and half earn less.
- How does sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood pay compare to the US average?
- At $42,770, a sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood earns 16% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 40,850 sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood employed nationally (SOC 51-7041), across all industries.
- Where does this sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood 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 51-7041. 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 51-7041 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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