How much do Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders make in Sioux Falls, SD-MN?

Percentile spread

For Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $35,180 and the 90th percentile is $47,880. The difference is $12,700, which is 28.6% 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 $36,450 to the 75th at $44,350, covers $7,900.

The mean annual wage is $41,630, which sits below the median of $44,350. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Sioux Falls, SD-MN median is 2.6% higher than the national median of $43,220 for Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $48,935, which is 13.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.1% higher than the South Dakota median of $43,860.

Sioux Falls, SD-MN covers more than one state. The state comparison uses South Dakota, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sioux Falls, SD-MN is 90.631, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $44,350 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders at $48,935 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 Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders. Sioux Falls, SD-MN ranks 5th 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).).

• Sioux City, IA-NE-SD is 76 miles away, with a median of $43,700 and employment of 810. That median is 1.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,547, against $48,935 here.
• Mankato, MN is 143 miles away, with a median of $47,360 and employment of 120. That median is 6.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,070, against $48,935 here.
• Omaha, NE-IA is 161 miles away, with a median of $44,140 and employment of 2,090. That median is 0.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,025, against $48,935 here.

Employment share

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders accounts for 0.18% of wage-and-salary employment in Sioux Falls, SD-MN (330 of 178,590). Nationally the occupation is 0.24% of employment (379,060 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.76 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.