How much do Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV?

Percentile spread

For Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $38,020 and the 90th percentile is $104,670. The difference is $66,650, which is 115.6% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $46,080 to the 75th at $80,600, covers $34,520.

The mean annual wage is $64,790, which sits above the median of $57,660. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV median is 19.5% higher than the national median of $48,250 for Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $52,955, which is 9.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV covers more than one state. The state comparison uses District of Columbia, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV is 108.884, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $57,660 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders at $52,955 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

29 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ranks 4th of 30 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV is 56 miles away, with a median of $53,890 and employment of 50. That median is 6.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $57,226, against $52,955 here.
• Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 60 miles away, with a median of $55,540 and employment of 490. That median is 3.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,155, against $52,955 here.
• Winchester, VA-WV is 61 miles away, with a median of $49,330 and employment of 50. That median is 14.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,146, against $52,955 here.

Employment share

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (910 of 3,136,190). Nationally the occupation is 0.10% of employment (158,740 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.28 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.