How much do Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA?

Percentile spread

For Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $36,510 and the 90th percentile is $61,950. The difference is $25,440, which is 65.4% 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 $37,720 to the 75th at $55,280, covers $17,560.

The mean annual wage is $47,220, which sits above the median of $38,890. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA median is 20.6% lower than the national median of $48,990 for Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $35,184, which is 28.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 23.2% lower than the California median of $50,640.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA is 110.534, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $38,890 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders at $35,184 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA ranks 9th of 9 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).).

• Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA is 53 miles away, with a median of $58,140 and employment of 40. That median is 49.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,438, against $35,184 here.
• Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 57 miles away, with a median of $48,870 and employment of 2,080. That median is 25.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,032, against $35,184 here.
• Bakersfield-Delano, CA is 72 miles away, with a median of $62,390 and employment of 160. That median is 60.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,842, against $35,184 here.

Employment share

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA (120 of 323,890). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (94,920 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.61 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.