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Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Arkansas

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Arkansas

Want to work in Arkansas as a Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setter, Operator, or Tender? Read this first!

7.1% Jobs Projection
$33,300 Median Salary
110 Job Openings

You’re in luck! Jobs for Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Arkansas are projected to grow and these jobs tend to pay higher than average.

  • Projected employment for Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Arkansas is growing faster than average.

  • Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Arkansas earn lower salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

How Many Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Work in Arkansas?

1,000 people worked as Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in 2018 in this state.

There were 920 Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders employed in this state in 2017.

That’s growth of 80 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

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The typical state has 1,345 Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders working in it, which means Arkansas has fewer Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders than average.

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Job Projections for Arkansas

Jobs for Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in this state are growing at a rate of 7.1% which is faster than the nationwide estimated projection of 0.0%.

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Arkansas Annual Job Openings

The BLS is projecting 110 annual Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders job openings in Arkansas, and 1,060 total jobs in the year 2026.

Nationwide, the prediction is 9,300 annual jobs and 89,900 total jobs in 2026.

What do Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Make in Arkansas?

In 2018 wages for Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders ranged from $23,110 to $44,020 with $33,300 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $11.11 to $21.16. The median hourly rate was $16.01.

Workers in this field were paid a median of $15.7 an hour in 2017.

The hourly rate grew by $0.31.

The median salary in Arkansas is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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Top Arkansas Metros for Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

The table below shows some of the metros in this state with the most Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders.

Metro Number Employed Annual Median Salary
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 190 $36,030
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 170 $32,150
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 160 $29,660
Fort Smith, AR-OK 130 $30,860
Jonesboro, AR 90 $34,990
Texarkana, TX-AR 50 $26,460

Top States for Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Employment

The table below shows the states where most Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders work.

State Number Employed Annual Median Salary
Texas 8,590 $36,680
California 6,400 $34,890
Ohio 5,550 $35,280
Wisconsin 5,340 $37,680
Michigan 5,270 $29,390
Indiana 4,400 $32,180
Pennsylvania 3,410 $34,970
North Carolina 2,990 $32,250
Minnesota 2,760 $40,450
Illinois 2,680 $35,190
Tennessee 2,550 $33,000
Florida 2,490 $33,170
Iowa 2,260 $37,480
Georgia 2,140 $31,780
Oklahoma 1,970 $34,080
Alabama 1,940 $30,420
New Jersey 1,940 $38,140
New York 1,900 $34,910
Missouri 1,790 $33,610
Massachusetts 1,780 $35,970

Below are the states where Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders get paid the most:

State Annual Median Salary
Maine $55,110
Alaska $48,370
Minnesota $40,450
Delaware $38,500
New Jersey $38,140
Connecticut $38,110
Wisconsin $37,680
Iowa $37,480
Louisiana $37,300
Vermont $37,050

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