How much do Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make in San Angelo, TX?

Percentile spread

For Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $31,200 and the 90th percentile is $48,100. The difference is $16,900, which is 47.2% 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 $35,810 to the 75th at $48,100, covers $12,290.

The mean annual wage is $40,020, which sits above the median of $35,810. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Angelo, TX median is 23.1% 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 $38,733, which is 16.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 15.2% lower than the Texas median of $42,210.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Angelo, TX is 92.453, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $35,810 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders at $38,733 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. San Angelo, TX ranks 4th of 4 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).).

• Killeen-Temple, TX is 170 miles away, with a median of $37,610 and employment of 40. That median is 5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,270, against $38,733 here.
• San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is 181 miles away, with a median of $40,250 and employment of 210. That median is 12.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,495, against $38,733 here.
• Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 195 miles away, with a median of $46,600 and employment of 200. That median is 30.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,519, against $38,733 here.

Employment share

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in San Angelo, TX (30 of 49,770). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (44,980 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.08 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.