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Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in California

Is California a good place for you to work as a Textile Cutting Machine Setter, Operator, or Tender?

-16% Jobs Projection
$31,050 Median Salary
280 Job Openings

While jobs for Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in California are decreasing, those who do work in these jobs get paid higher than average.

  • Employment for Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in California is expected to decrease.

  • Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in California earn lower salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

How Many Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Work in California?

1,130 people worked as Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in 2018 in this state.

There were 1,580 Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders employed in this state in 2017.

That’s a decline of 450 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

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The typical state has 210 Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders working in it, which means California has more Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders than average.

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Job Projections for California

Jobs for Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in this state are not growing, but it is a similar decline to the national projection of -16.0% decline.

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California Annual Job Openings

The BLS estimates there will be 280 annual job openings, and 2,100 total jobs in 2026 for Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in this state.

Nationwide, the prediction is 1,600 annual jobs and 12,600 total jobs in 2026.

What do Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Make in California?

In 2018 wages for Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders ranged from $23,320 to $41,190 with $31,050 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $11.21 to $19.81. The median hourly rate was $14.93.

In 2017 the median pay for this field was $12.15 an hour.

The hourly rate grew by $2.78.

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

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Top California Metros for Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

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

Metro Number Employed Annual Median Salary
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 670 $31,840
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 200 $30,180
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 100 $31,730
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 80 $26,340

Top States for Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Employment

The table below shows the states where most Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders work.

State Number Employed Annual Median Salary
Georgia 1,540 $29,590
California 1,130 $31,050
North Carolina 1,050 $28,490
Mississippi 840 $30,430
Texas 780 $23,410
South Carolina 620 $26,790
Tennessee 560 $25,010
New York 510 $35,430
New Jersey 400 $29,120
Ohio 380 $30,050
Arizona 380 $26,520
Florida 360 $27,030
Michigan 330 $32,830
Missouri 320 $23,930
Pennsylvania 300 $28,620
Alabama 300 $20,760
Kentucky 210 $22,160
Indiana 190 $28,170
Maryland 190 $24,500
Rhode Island 180 $32,390

Below are the states where Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders get paid the most:

State Annual Median Salary
New York $35,430
Maine $35,240
Washington $34,780
Michigan $32,830
Rhode Island $32,390
Iowa $31,190
California $31,050
New Hampshire $30,670
Illinois $30,610
Mississippi $30,430

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