How much do Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make in Appleton, WI?

Percentile spread

For Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $36,020 and the 90th percentile is $58,560. The difference is $22,540, which is 48.9% 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 $37,490 to the 75th at $57,290, covers $19,800.

The mean annual wage is $48,010, which sits above the median of $46,120. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Appleton, WI median is 1% lower than the national median of $46,570 for Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $49,903, which is 7.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4% lower than the Wisconsin median of $48,040.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Appleton, WI is 92.419, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $46,120 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders at $49,903 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

9 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Appleton, WI ranks 7th of 10 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).).

• Oshkosh-Neenah, WI is 20 miles away, with a median of $51,750 and employment of 80. That median is 12.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $55,688, against $49,903 here.
• Green Bay, WI is 22 miles away, with a median of $51,690 and employment of 110. That median is 12.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $55,529, against $49,903 here.
• Wausau, WI is 80 miles away, with a median of $45,100 and employment of 100. That median is 2.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,677, against $49,903 here.

Employment share

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Appleton, WI (60 of 124,230). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (44,980 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.67 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.