Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
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Separating Machine Operators
Separating Machine Operators set up, operate, or tend continuous flow or vat-type equipment; filter presses; shaker screens; centrifuges; condenser tubes; precipitating, fermenting, or evaporating tanks; scrubbing towers; or batch stills. These machines extract, sort, or separate liquids, gases, or solids from other materials to recover a refined product. Includes dairy processing equipment operators.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating and Still Machine Setters, Operators and Tenders with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $27,910 to $34,230 per year or $13 to $16 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating and Still Machine Setters, Operators and Tenders to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
| Level | Hourly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| Highest (Top 10%) | $35 | $72,220 |
| Senior (Top 25%) | $27 | $55,900 |
| Middle (Mid 50%) | $21 | $43,100 |
| Junior (Bottom 25%) | $16 | $34,230 |
| No experience (Bottom 10%) | $13 | $27,910 |
Highest paying states
| State | Hourly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| WY | $38 | $79,900 |
| NV | $29 | $59,950 |
| NH | $28 | $57,610 |
| OH | $27 | $55,420 |
| AK | $26 | $53,730 |
| CA | $26 | $53,630 |
| NJ | $26 | $53,300 |
| NC | $25 | $52,100 |
| CO | $24 | $50,060 |
| TN | $23 | $48,810 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating and Still Machine Setter, Operator and Tender is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like WY doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at WY might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Separating Machine Operators are in the states of WY, NV, NH, OH and AK.
Highest paying industries
| Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing | $80740 | $38.82 |
| Scientific Research and Development Services | $65830 | $31.65 |
| Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying | $65240 | $31.37 |
| Support Activities for Mining | $65140 | $31.32 |
| Metal Ore Mining | $58790 | $28.26 |
| Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills | $53240 | $25.60 |
| Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing | $53060 | $25.51 |
| Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing | $51990 | $25.00 |
| Chemical Manufacturing | $50680 | $24.37 |
| Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing | $49140 | $23.63 |
| Beverage Manufacturing | $48620 | $23.38 |
| Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores | $48280 | $23.21 |
| Alumina and Aluminum Production and Processing | $47570 | $22.87 |
| Nonferrous Metal Production and Processing | $46650 | $22.43 |
| Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services | $46590 | $22.40 |
| Other Food Manufacturing | $46420 | $22.32 |
| Local Government | $46210 | $22.22 |
| Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing | $45670 | $21.96 |
| Chemical Manufacturing | $44060 | $21.18 |
| Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods | $43990 | $21.15 |
| Dairy Product Manufacturing | $43930 | $21.12 |
| Motion Picture and Video Industries | $43220 | $20.78 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | $42260 | $20.32 |
| Grain and Oilseed Milling | $42120 | $20.25 |
| Restaurants and Other Eating Places | $41980 | $20.18 |
| Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers | $41850 | $20.12 |
| Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing | $41470 | $19.94 |
| Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods | $40860 | $19.64 |
| Support Activities for Crop Production | $40300 | $19.37 |
| Waste Treatment and Disposal | $39720 | $19.10 |
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