How much do Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make in Appleton, WI?

Percentile spread

For Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $44,080 and the 90th percentile is $78,100. The difference is $34,020, which is 57.1% 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 $46,900 to the 75th at $63,350, covers $16,450.

The mean annual wage is $57,080, which sits below the median of $59,550. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Appleton, WI median is 18.5% higher than the national median of $50,270 for Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $64,435, which is 28.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.6% higher than the Wisconsin median of $58,050.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Appleton, WI is 92.419, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $59,550 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders at $64,435 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

12 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Appleton, WI ranks 2nd of 13 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).).

• Oshkosh-Neenah, WI is 20 miles away, with a median of $58,560 and employment of 1,670. That median is 1.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,016, against $64,435 here.
• Green Bay, WI is 22 miles away, with a median of $59,230 and employment of 1,740. That median is 0.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,629, against $64,435 here.
• Wausau, WI is 80 miles away, with a median of $61,070 and employment of 430. That median is 2.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,914, against $64,435 here.

Employment share

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders accounts for 0.57% of wage-and-salary employment in Appleton, WI (710 of 124,230). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (96,130 of 155,495,730). The local share is 9.24 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.