SOC 51-9023 · Production Occupations · May 2025
How much do Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is $47,280. The 10th percentile is $37,110 and the 90th percentile is $73,120. Employment is 610.
Median annual wage
$47,280
- 10th percentile
- $37,110
- 25th percentile
- $41,900
- Median
- $47,280
- 75th percentile
- $59,850
- 90th percentile
- $73,120
- Mean
- $53,030
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $37,110 and the 90th percentile is $73,120. The difference is $36,010, which is 76.2% 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 $41,900 to the 75th at $59,850, covers $17,950.
The mean annual wage is $53,030, which sits above the median of $47,280. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA median is 3.5% 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 $44,419, which is 9.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 6.6% lower than the California median of $50,640.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is 106.442, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,280 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders at $44,419 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
7 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ranks 6th of 8 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).).
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is 111 miles away, with a median of $50,340 and employment of 310. That median is 6.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,992, against $44,419 here.
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 121 miles away, with a median of $48,870 and employment of 2,080. That median is 3.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,032, against $44,419 here.
- Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV is 132 miles away, with a median of $49,260 and employment of 350. That median is 4.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,154, against $44,419 here.
Employment share
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA (610 of 1,716,760). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (94,920 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.58 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.
Highest-paying jobs in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA · Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is $47,280. The 10th percentile is $37,110 and the 90th percentile is $73,120. Employment is 610.
How does that compare with the national median for Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders?
The local median is 3.5% lower than the national median of $48,990.
What is Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders pay in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is 106.442, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $47,280 is $44,419. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA compare with nearby metros for Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders?
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 111 miles away, at $50,340. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ranks 6th of 8 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.