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Average Coating, Painting, And Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders Salary in Duluth, MN-WI

Coating, Painting, And Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders in Duluth, MN-WI earn a median annual salary of $54,080, which is +13.6% compared to the national median. There are 140 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Duluth, MN-WI (metro area).

$54,080
Duluth, MN-WI median annual wage
$26/hour median
+13.6%
Difference vs national median
National median is $47,590
140
Local employment
1.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.06
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$41,030
25th
$49,520
Median
$54,080
75th
$63,020
90th
$65,580

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Duluth, MN-WI, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
88.8%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$60,923
Goods: 95.3%
Services: 87.3%
Rents: 71.1%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

MetroMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Napa, CA$62,800Compare30
Portland-South Portland, ME$62,330Compare330
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$62,200Compare1,420
Savannah, GA$61,580Compare440
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$61,190Compare650
St. Joseph, MO-KS$60,820Compare110

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Duluth, MN-WI

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Nurse Anesthetists$216,1801.24
Dentists, General$184,4300.93
Architectural And Engineering Managers$148,8200.66
Chief Executives$147,1401.46
Pharmacists$139,2901.09
Physician Assistants$129,6701.76
Computer And Information Systems Managers$129,4500.37
Nurse Practitioners$128,9401.81

Duluth, MN-WI has salary data for 381 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for Coating, Painting, And Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders in Duluth, MN-WI

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Coating, Painting, And Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders are projected to change by +0.7% from 2024 to 2034, with 15,800 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.