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Average Mixing And Blending Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders Salary in Arizona

Mixing And Blending Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders in Arizona earn a median annual salary of $46,370, which is -2.7% compared to the national median. There are 1,380 workers employed locally in this occupation.

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

$46,370
Arizona median annual wage
$22/hour median
-2.7%
Difference vs national median
National median is $47,680
1,380
Local employment
0.4 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.66
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$37,100
25th
$43,540
Median
$46,370
75th
$58,240
90th
$73,700

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 Arizona, 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
100.7%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$46,058
Goods: 95.4%
Services: 92.3%
Rents: 106.8%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
New Jersey$58,850Compare2,170
Wyoming$57,500Compare210
Washington$54,040Compare2,110
Wisconsin$53,600Compare3,520
Maine$52,650Compare250
Maryland$51,530Compare1,230

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 Arizona

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Nurse Anesthetists$228,690N/A
Pediatricians, General$227,4101.03
Physicians, All Other$223,6800.79
Dentists, General$206,6601.25
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers$198,8001.01
Physicists$190,9600.17
Architectural And Engineering Managers$172,6801.08
Sales Engineers$169,4701.04

Arizona has salary data for 720 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for Mixing And Blending Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders in Arizona

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Mixing And Blending Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders are projected to change by -6.8% from 2024 to 2034, with 8,800 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.