How much do Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders make in Grand Island, NE?

Percentile spread

For Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $38,570 and the 90th percentile is $57,350. The difference is $18,780, which is 38.7% 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 $47,580 to the 75th at $56,450, covers $8,870.

The mean annual wage is $49,200, which sits above the median of $48,510. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Grand Island, NE median is 12.2% higher than the national median of $43,220 for Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $55,979, which is 29.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5% higher than the Nebraska median of $46,220.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Grand Island, NE is 86.657, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $48,510 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders at $55,979 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders. Grand Island, NE ranks 1st of 6 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).).

• Lincoln, NE is 81 miles away, with a median of $44,900 and employment of 580. That median is 7.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,028, against $55,979 here.
• Omaha, NE-IA is 124 miles away, with a median of $44,140 and employment of 2,090. That median is 9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,025, against $55,979 here.
• Sioux City, IA-NE-SD is 145 miles away, with a median of $43,700 and employment of 810. That median is 9.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,547, against $55,979 here.

Employment share

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders accounts for 1.0% of wage-and-salary employment in Grand Island, NE (410 of 39,520). Nationally the occupation is 0.24% of employment (379,060 of 155,495,730). The local share is 4.26 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.