Best Cities for Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenderss

Cities ranked by purchasing power — where textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenderss get the most value from their salary after accounting for cost of living. A score above 1.00 means better than national average.

How we calculate this: City Score = (Local Salary ÷ National Median) ÷ (Local Cost ÷ National Avg Cost). A score of 1.20 means 20% better purchasing power than average.

#	Location	Score	Raw Salary	Adjusted Salary	Rent/Income
1	MississippiState	1.35	$43,640	$51,462	25%
2	MichiganState	1.27	$44,720	$48,451	30%
3	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GAMetro	1.22	$45,100	$46,591	43%
4	Rhode IslandState	1.20	$45,930	$45,701	39%
5	GeorgiaState	1.18	$41,960	$44,925	40%
6	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MDMetro	1.16	$45,680	$44,135	42%
7	South CarolinaState	1.12	$39,410	$42,837	38%
8	TennesseeState	1.07	$37,410	$40,885	40%
9	North CarolinaState	1.04	$37,610	$39,841	42%
10	PennsylvaniaState	1.04	$38,420	$39,608	40%
11	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SCMetro	1.04	$37,960	$39,624	47%
12	AlabamaState	1.00	$33,190	$38,106	35%
13	New YorkState	0.91	$39,030	$34,693	57%
14	New JerseyState	0.88	$36,570	$33,612	59%
15	WisconsinState	0.88	$30,930	$33,510	42%
16	CaliforniaState	0.87	$36,670	$33,126	74%
17	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAMetro	0.82	$36,670	$31,476	74%
18	FloridaState	0.77	$29,850	$29,409	69%

Data Sources: Salary: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS). Cost of Living: BEA Regional Price Parities (2024). Rent: HUD Fair Market Rents (FY2025).