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Average Mixing And Blending Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders Salary in Cedar Rapids, IA

Mixing And Blending Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders in Cedar Rapids, IA earn a median annual salary of $48,580, which is +1.9% compared to the national median. There are 160 workers employed locally in this occupation.

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

$48,580
Cedar Rapids, IA median annual wage
$23/hour median
+1.9%
Difference vs national median
National median is $47,680
160
Local employment
1.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.72
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$37,790
25th
$45,380
Median
$48,580
75th
$55,080
90th
$70,680

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 Cedar Rapids, IA, 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
89.0%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$54,607
Goods: 93.7%
Services: 84.0%
Rents: 71.4%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

MetroMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Topeka, KS$74,270Compare110
Duluth, MN-WI$73,400Compare80
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$67,410Compare350
Wausau, WI$66,960Compare210
New Haven, CT$66,340Compare70
Enid, OK$64,040Compare70

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 Cedar Rapids, IA

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Dentists, General$161,9100.76
Chief Executives$159,5801.93
Architectural And Engineering Managers$147,6200.88
Computer And Information Systems Managers$143,5000.72
Marketing Managers$132,5900.81
Commercial Pilots$132,1100.80
Physician Assistants$131,2800.61
Pharmacists$130,7000.77

Cedar Rapids, IA has salary data for 396 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Dentists, General.

Historical series

Trend for Mixing And Blending Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders in Cedar Rapids, IA

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.