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Average Coating, Painting, And Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders Salary in Visalia, CA

Coating, Painting, And Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders in Visalia, CA earn a median annual salary of $48,320, which is +1.5% compared to the national median. There are 90 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Visalia, CA (metro area).

$48,320
Visalia, CA median annual wage
$23/hour median
+1.5%
Difference vs national median
National median is $47,590
90
Local employment
0.5 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.50
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$37,760
25th
$43,320
Median
$48,320
75th
$61,780
90th
$71,880

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 Visalia, CA, 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
99.8%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$48,405
Goods: 105.2%
Services: 156.4%
Rents: 84.1%

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 Visalia, CA

Visalia, CA has salary data for 358 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Pediatricians, General.

Historical series

Trend for Coating, Painting, And Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders in Visalia, CA

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.