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Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in West Virginia

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

-1% Jobs Projection
$35,930 Median Salary
80 Job Openings

While jobs for Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in West Virginia are decreasing, those who do work in these jobs get paid higher than average.

  • Employment for Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in West Virginia is expected to decrease.

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

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

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

There were 470 Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders employed in this state in 2017.

That’s growth of 30 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 West Virginia has fewer Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders than average.

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Job Projections for West Virginia

Jobs for Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in this state are declining at a rate of 1.2% which is a faster decline than the nationwide estimated projection of 0.0%.

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West Virginia Annual Job Openings

The BLS estimates 80 annual job openings, and a total of 800 jobs for West Virginia 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 West Virginia?

In 2018 wages for Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders ranged from $24,420 to $76,350 with $35,930 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $11.74 to $36.71. The median hourly rate was $17.27.

Workers in this field were paid a median of $17.87 an hour in 2017.

The hourly rate declined by $0.60.

The median salary in West Virginia is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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Top West Virginia 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
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 240 $35,710
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 110 $31,800
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 90 $26,350
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 60 $36,420
Winchester, VA-WV 50 $30,660

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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