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Average Cutting And Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders Salary in Gettysburg, PA

Cutting And Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders in Gettysburg, PA earn a median annual salary of $54,100, which is +16.2% compared to the national median. There are 110 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Gettysburg, PA (metro area).

$54,100
Gettysburg, PA median annual wage
$26/hour median
+16.2%
Difference vs national median
National median is $46,570
110
Local employment
3.3 jobs per 1,000 workers
11.41
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$48,530
25th
$51,480
Median
$54,100
75th
$60,540
90th
$60,540

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 Gettysburg, PA, 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
95.4%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$56,721
Goods: 100.7%
Services: 107.0%
Rents: 73.9%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
Wilmington, NC $63,550 Compare 100
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $62,620 Compare 530
St. Cloud, MN $58,450 Compare 140
Topeka, KS $56,610 Compare 40
Yakima, WA $56,030 Compare 90
Bend, OR $55,660 Compare 40

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 Gettysburg, PA

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Chief Executives $180,910 0.79
Managers, All Other $136,730 0.55
Nurse Practitioners $132,510 0.69
Pharmacists $131,450 0.60
Veterinarians $130,410 1.75
Human Resources Managers $128,430 0.71
Computer And Information Systems Managers $128,370 0.38
First-Line Supervisors Of Police And Detectives $128,210 1.80

Gettysburg, PA has salary data for 181 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Chief Executives.

Historical series

Trend for Cutting And Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders in Gettysburg, PA

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Cutting And Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders are projected to change by -2.3% from 2024 to 2034, with 5,300 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.