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Average Cutting And Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders Salary in Oregon

Cutting And Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders in Oregon earn a median annual salary of $48,860, which is +6.9% compared to the national median. There are 900 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Oregon (state).

$48,860
Oregon median annual wage
$23/hour median
+6.9%
Difference vs national median
National median is $45,700
900
Local employment
0.5 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.49
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$42,110
25th
$48,860
Median
$48,860
75th
$56,170
90th
$59,570

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 Oregon, 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
103.4%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$47,271
Goods: 105.3%
Services: 107.0%
Rents: 108.6%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Minnesota$56,430Compare1,330
Illinois$52,360Compare1,390
Iowa$52,310Compare880
New Hampshire$52,270Compare110
Colorado$51,140Compare630
Wisconsin$50,750Compare1,620

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 Oregon

Oregon has salary data for 746 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers.

Historical series

Trend for Cutting And Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders in Oregon

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.