How much do Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make in Wheeling, WV-OH?

Percentile spread

For Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $47,710 and the 90th percentile is $65,450. The difference is $17,740, which is 28.1% 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 $50,790 to the 75th at $63,050, covers $12,260.

The mean annual wage is $57,850, which sits below the median of $63,040. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Wheeling, WV-OH median is 28.7% higher than the national median of $48,990 for Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $71,374, which is 45.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 23.6% higher than the West Virginia median of $51,020.

Wheeling, WV-OH covers more than one state. The state comparison uses West Virginia, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Wheeling, WV-OH is 88.323, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $63,040 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders at $71,374 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

23 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Wheeling, WV-OH ranks 2nd of 24 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).).

• Canton-Massillon, OH is 55 miles away, with a median of $53,670 and employment of 60. That median is 14.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $60,030, against $71,374 here.
• Pittsburgh, PA is 62 miles away, with a median of $51,030 and employment of 600. That median is 19.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,902, against $71,374 here.
• Youngstown-Warren, OH is 84 miles away, with a median of $46,560 and employment of 50. That median is 26.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,276, against $71,374 here.

Employment share

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in Wheeling, WV-OH (50 of 58,130). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (94,920 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.41 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.