Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in the US
A textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders earns a national median of $38,760 a year (mean $39,530) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #743 of 825.
How much does a textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders earn in the US?
A textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders in the United States earns a median of $38,760 a year (mean $39,530), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 24% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 9,000 people work in this occupation (SOC 51-6062), ranked #743 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$38,760
per year
Mean
$39,530
per year
Employment
9,000
US workers
National rank
#743
of 825 by median
What a textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders (SOC 51-6062) earns a median annual wage of $38,760 and a mean (average) of $39,530. The median is the midpoint — half of textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders earn more and half earn less — and is 24% 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 textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders is $38,760, and the mean (average) is $39,530. The median is the midpoint — half of textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders earn more and half earn less.
- How does textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders pay compare to the US average?
- At $38,760, a textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders earns 24% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 9,000 textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders employed nationally (SOC 51-6062), across all industries.
- Where does this textile cutting 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 51-6062. 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 51-6062 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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