Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in the US
A textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders earns a national median of $39,530 a year (mean $40,720) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #732 of 825.
How much does a textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders earn in the US?
A textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders in the United States earns a median of $39,530 a year (mean $40,720), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 22% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 13,030 people work in this occupation (SOC 51-6063), ranked #732 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$39,530
per year
Mean
$40,720
per year
Employment
13,030
US workers
National rank
#732
of 825 by median
What a textile knitting and weaving 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 knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders (SOC 51-6063) earns a median annual wage of $39,530 and a mean (average) of $40,720. The median is the midpoint — half of textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders earn more and half earn less — and is 22% 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 knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders is $39,530, and the mean (average) is $40,720. The median is the midpoint — half of textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders earn more and half earn less.
- How does textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders pay compare to the US average?
- At $39,530, a textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders earns 22% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 13,030 textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders employed nationally (SOC 51-6063), across all industries.
- Where does this textile knitting and weaving 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 51-6063. 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 51-6063 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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