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Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in South Carolina

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in South Carolina

Considering a career as a Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setter, Operator, or Tender in South Carolina?

8.9% Jobs Projection
$35,080 Median Salary
170 Job Openings

You’re in luck! Jobs for Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in South Carolina 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 South Carolina is growing faster than average.

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

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

1,330 people worked as Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in 2018 in this state.

There were 1,330 Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders employed in this state in 2017.

The amount of jobs between 2017 and 2018 is holding steady.

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

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Job Projections for South Carolina

Jobs for Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in this state are growing at a rate of 8.9% which is faster than the nationwide estimated projection of 0.0%.

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South Carolina Annual Job Openings

The BLS estimates 170 annual job openings, and a total of 1,590 jobs for South Carolina Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in 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 South Carolina?

In 2018 wages for Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders ranged from $25,080 to $50,780 with $35,080 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $12.06 to $24.41. The median hourly rate was $16.87.

In 2017 the median pay for this field was $16.34 an hour.

The hourly rate grew by $0.53.

The median salary in South Carolina is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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Top South Carolina 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
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 830 $35,100
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC 320 $32,010
Spartanburg, SC 200 $34,960
Columbia, SC 170 $35,890
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 140 $33,790
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 100 $37,560
Sumter, SC 90 $34,950

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

View the list below to see 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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