Average Salary

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One of the most popular questions we get from our readers here is how much do Textile Knitting Operators make per year and their hourly wage.

Starting Salary

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Entry-level Textile Knitting Operators with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $21260 to $24170 per year or $10 to $12 per hour.

Just like any other job, the salary of a Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setter, Operator and Tender will increase as they become more experienced.

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Salary Rank

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of a Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setter, Operator and Tender to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compare the salary of all careers then we give them a rank of A, B, C or D depending on where their average salary sits in comparison to other careers.

After comparing how much do Textile Knitting Operators make with other careers, they have a salary rank of D.

Salary range

Level	Hourly	Yearly
Highest (Top 10%)	$20	$42280
Senior (Top 25%)	$17	$35810
Middle (Mid 50%)	$14	$29160
Junior (Bottom 25%)	$12	$24170
No experience (Bottom 10%)	$10	$21260

Highest paying states

State	Hourly	Annual
WI	$ 18	$ 38,380
WA	$ 18	$ 37,880
NH	$ 17	$ 34,470
MI	$ 16	$ 33,310
GA	$ 16	$ 33,160
AZ	$ 16	$ 33,010
IN	$ 16	$ 32,250
SC	$ 15	$ 32,030
PA	$ 15	$ 31,970
MA	$ 15	$ 31,680

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setter, Operator and Tender is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like WI doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at WI might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Textile Knitting Operators are in the states of WI, WA, NH, MI and GA.

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