Sewing Machine Operators Salary

Median Salary
$36,670
per year
Hourly Rate
$17.63
per hour
Employment
104,880
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$27,860
25th percentile
$31,960
Median
$36,670
75th percentile
$42,830
90th percentile
$47,840

💰 Sewing Machine Operators Salary by State

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StateMedianvs. National
Nevada$45,750+24.8%
Alaska$43,850+19.6%
Colorado$43,840+19.6%
Maine$43,520+18.7%
Washington$43,360+18.2%
Massachusetts$42,910+17.0%
New Hampshire$41,740+13.8%
Vermont$40,850+11.4%
Wisconsin$40,370+10.1%
Arizona$40,210+9.7%
Oregon$39,780+8.5%
Hawaii$39,230+7.0%
South Dakota$39,000+6.4%
Minnesota$38,930+6.2%
Rhode Island$38,670+5.5%
New York$38,480+4.9%
Indiana$38,440+4.8%
South Carolina$38,250+4.3%
California$37,940+3.5%
Connecticut$37,780+3.0%
Delaware$37,690+2.8%
Mississippi$37,600+2.5%
Michigan$37,490+2.2%
Idaho$37,160+1.3%
Nebraska$37,060+1.1%
Montana$36,740+0.2%
Wyoming$36,510-0.4%
Illinois$36,220-1.2%
New Jersey$36,130-1.5%
Iowa$35,870-2.2%
Maryland$35,860-2.2%
Virginia$35,790-2.4%
Ohio$35,760-2.5%
North Dakota$35,700-2.6%
Pennsylvania$35,640-2.8%
Arkansas$35,630-2.8%
Missouri$35,610-2.9%
Utah$35,550-3.1%
Kansas$35,360-3.6%
North Carolina$35,160-4.1%
New Mexico$34,840-5.0%
Georgia$34,790-5.1%
Tennessee$34,220-6.7%
Oklahoma$33,340-9.1%
Florida$33,270-9.3%
Texas$31,000-15.5%
Alabama$30,830-15.9%
Louisiana$29,600-19.3%
Kentucky$29,460-19.7%
West Virginia$29,320-20.0%

🏙️ Sewing Machine Operators Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
Bend, OR$50,830+38.6%
Glens Falls, NY$50,000+36.4%
Appleton, WI$48,460+32.2%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$48,190+31.4%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$47,220+28.8%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$47,220+28.8%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$46,540+26.9%
Bangor, ME$46,060+25.6%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$45,210+23.3%
Portland-South Portland, ME$45,160+23.2%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$44,880+22.4%
Columbia, SC$44,810+22.2%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$44,670+21.8%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$44,350+20.9%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$44,350+20.9%
Evansville, IN$43,800+19.4%
Boulder, CO$43,740+19.3%
Reno, NV$43,730+19.3%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$43,650+19.0%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$43,500+18.6%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$43,370+18.3%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$42,970+17.2%
Napa, CA$42,550+16.0%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$42,480+15.8%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$42,300+15.4%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$42,080+14.8%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$42,040+14.6%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$41,980+14.5%
Tucson, AZ$41,660+13.6%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$41,410+12.9%
Binghamton, NY$41,330+12.7%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$40,910+11.6%
Merced, CA$40,630+10.8%
Grand Junction, CO$40,450+10.3%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$40,130+9.4%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$40,130+9.4%
Madison, WI$40,040+9.2%
Fond du Lac, WI$39,810+8.6%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$39,800+8.5%
Bellingham, WA$39,650+8.1%
Bozeman, MT$39,610+8.0%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$39,570+7.9%
York-Hanover, PA$39,430+7.5%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$39,420+7.5%
Kingston, NY$39,370+7.4%
Worcester, MA$39,350+7.3%
Dubuque, IA$39,120+6.7%
Wausau, WI$39,110+6.7%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$39,070+6.5%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$39,070+6.5%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$39,070+6.5%
Greeley, CO$39,040+6.5%
Medford, OR$38,700+5.5%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$38,630+5.3%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$38,610+5.3%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$38,610+5.3%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$38,600+5.3%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$38,550+5.1%
Spartanburg, SC$38,530+5.1%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$38,500+5.0%
Missoula, MT$38,490+5.0%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$38,480+4.9%
Springfield, MA$38,440+4.8%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$38,420+4.8%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$38,340+4.6%
Colorado Springs, CO$38,270+4.4%
Fresno, CA$38,270+4.4%
Salem, OR$38,200+4.2%
Springfield, OH$38,190+4.1%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$38,160+4.1%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$38,130+4.0%
Flint, MI$38,130+4.0%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$38,110+3.9%
Modesto, CA$38,100+3.9%
Traverse City, MI$37,900+3.4%
Gainesville, GA$37,890+3.3%
Syracuse, NY$37,850+3.2%
Reading, PA$37,820+3.1%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$37,790+3.1%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$37,780+3.0%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$37,620+2.6%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$37,550+2.4%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$37,500+2.3%
Urban Honolulu, HI$37,480+2.2%
Jackson, TN$37,380+1.9%
Omaha, NE-IA$37,380+1.9%
Ann Arbor, MI$37,350+1.9%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$37,270+1.6%
Asheville, NC$37,210+1.5%
Lincoln, NE$37,200+1.4%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$37,180+1.4%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$37,130+1.3%
Fort Wayne, IN$37,090+1.1%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$37,060+1.1%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$37,020+1.0%
Erie, PA$36,990+0.9%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$36,910+0.7%
Green Bay, WI$36,820+0.4%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$36,820+0.4%
Boise City, ID$36,800+0.4%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$36,800+0.4%
St. Louis, MO-IL$36,800+0.4%
Duluth, MN-WI$36,780+0.3%
Roanoke, VA$36,750+0.2%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$36,740+0.2%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$36,730+0.2%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$36,720+0.1%
New Haven, CT$36,700+0.1%
Kansas City, MO-KS$36,640-0.1%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$36,630-0.1%
Toledo, OH$36,580-0.2%
Lebanon, PA$36,530-0.4%
Cleveland, TN$36,400-0.7%
Odessa, TX$36,380-0.8%
Huntsville, AL$36,340-0.9%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$36,300-1.0%
Springfield, MO$36,300-1.0%
Longview, TX$36,290-1.0%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$36,290-1.0%
Terre Haute, IN$36,250-1.1%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$36,240-1.2%
Akron, OH$36,230-1.2%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$36,230-1.2%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$36,220-1.2%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$36,220-1.2%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$36,170-1.4%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$36,150-1.4%
Savannah, GA$36,100-1.6%
Ogden, UT$36,040-1.7%
Rochester, NY$35,930-2.0%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$35,890-2.1%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$35,860-2.2%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$35,820-2.3%
Cleveland, OH$35,760-2.5%
Cedar Rapids, IA$35,740-2.5%
Fargo, ND-MN$35,730-2.6%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$35,730-2.6%
Ocala, FL$35,690-2.7%
Santa Fe, NM$35,660-2.8%
Lancaster, PA$35,630-2.8%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$35,550-3.1%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$35,510-3.2%
Pittsburgh, PA$35,440-3.4%
Columbus, OH$35,420-3.4%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$35,380-3.5%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$35,360-3.6%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$35,360-3.6%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$35,320-3.7%
Richmond, VA$35,310-3.7%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$35,260-3.8%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$35,180-4.1%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$35,120-4.2%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$35,120-4.2%
Jacksonville, FL$35,010-4.5%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$34,960-4.7%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$34,940-4.7%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$34,850-5.0%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$34,820-5.0%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$34,680-5.4%
Tulsa, OK$34,500-5.9%
Logan, UT-ID$34,360-6.3%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$34,310-6.4%
St. George, UT$34,300-6.5%
Oklahoma City, OK$34,260-6.6%
Dalton, GA$34,180-6.8%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$34,170-6.8%
Mobile, AL$34,110-7.0%
Rockford, IL$34,060-7.1%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$34,010-7.3%
Idaho Falls, ID$33,990-7.3%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$33,990-7.3%
Albuquerque, NM$33,860-7.7%
Morristown, TN$33,850-7.7%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$33,700-8.1%
Knoxville, TN$33,680-8.2%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$33,530-8.6%
Columbus, GA-AL$33,440-8.8%
Johnson City, TN$33,420-8.9%
Montgomery, AL$33,330-9.1%
Peoria, IL$33,060-9.8%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$32,930-10.2%
Decatur, AL$32,770-10.6%
Clarksville, TN-KY$32,690-10.9%
Utica-Rome, NY$32,480-11.4%
Gainesville, FL$32,470-11.5%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$32,470-11.5%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$32,470-11.5%
Bowling Green, KY$32,230-12.1%
Vineland, NJ$32,220-12.1%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$32,120-12.4%
Baton Rouge, LA$31,950-12.9%
Anniston-Oxford, AL$31,890-13.0%
Birmingham, AL$31,840-13.2%
Amarillo, TX$31,510-14.1%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$31,360-14.5%
Jackson, MS$31,200-14.9%
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$31,200-14.9%
Salisbury, MD$31,200-14.9%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$31,170-15.0%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$31,170-15.0%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$31,140-15.1%
Joplin, MO-KS$31,040-15.4%
Canton-Massillon, OH$31,000-15.5%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$30,960-15.6%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$30,620-16.5%
Wichita, KS$30,590-16.6%
Saginaw, MI$30,360-17.2%
Dothan, AL$30,320-17.3%
Corpus Christi, TX$30,300-17.4%
Johnstown, PA$30,160-17.8%
Winston-Salem, NC$30,150-17.8%
Lubbock, TX$29,900-18.5%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$29,760-18.8%
Fayetteville, NC$29,640-19.2%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$29,590-19.3%
Burlington, NC$29,570-19.4%
Greenville, NC$29,280-20.2%
Williamsport, PA$29,260-20.2%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$29,230-20.3%
Rocky Mount, NC$29,230-20.3%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$29,210-20.3%
Wichita Falls, TX$29,110-20.6%
Tyler, TX$29,030-20.8%
Lafayette, LA$28,640-21.9%
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$28,560-22.1%
Wilmington, NC$28,510-22.3%
Charleston, WV$28,430-22.5%
Waco, TX$28,230-23.0%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$27,810-24.2%
San Angelo, TX$27,010-26.3%
Elizabethtown, KY$26,260-28.4%
Owensboro, KY$25,980-29.2%
Arecibo, PR$22,550-38.5%
El Paso, TX$22,400-38.9%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$22,190-39.5%
Puerto Rico$21,840-40.4%
Mayaguez, PR$21,840-40.4%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.