SOC 51-9196 · Production Occupations · May 2025
How much do Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make in Green Bay, WI?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Green Bay, WI is $59,230. The 10th percentile is $46,610 and the 90th percentile is $77,740. Employment is 1,740.
Median annual wage
$59,230
- 10th percentile
- $46,610
- 25th percentile
- $48,230
- Median
- $59,230
- 75th percentile
- $63,280
- 90th percentile
- $77,740
- Mean
- $58,590
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $46,610 and the 90th percentile is $77,740. The difference is $31,130, which is 52.6% 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 $48,230 to the 75th at $63,280, covers $15,050.
The mean annual wage is $58,590, which sits below the median of $59,230. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Green Bay, WI median is 17.8% higher than the national median of $50,270 for Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $63,629, which is 26.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 2% higher than the Wisconsin median of $58,050.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Green Bay, WI is 93.086, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $59,230 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders at $63,629 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Green Bay, WI ranks 3rd of 14 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).).
- Appleton, WI is 22 miles away, with a median of $59,550 and employment of 710. That median is 0.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,435, against $63,629 here.
- Oshkosh-Neenah, WI is 43 miles away, with a median of $58,560 and employment of 1,670. That median is 1.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,016, against $63,629 here.
- Wausau, WI is 91 miles away, with a median of $61,070 and employment of 430. That median is 3.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,914, against $63,629 here.
Employment share
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders accounts for 1.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Green Bay, WI (1,740 of 174,550). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (96,130 of 155,495,730). The local share is 16.12 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 Green Bay, WI · Paper Goods 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 Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make in Green Bay, WI?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Green Bay, WI is $59,230. The 10th percentile is $46,610 and the 90th percentile is $77,740. Employment is 1,740.
How does that compare with the national median for Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders?
The local median is 17.8% higher than the national median of $50,270.
What is Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders pay in Green Bay, WI after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Green Bay, WI is 93.086, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $59,230 is $63,629. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Green Bay, WI compare with nearby metros for Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders?
Appleton, WI is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 22 miles away, at $59,550. Green Bay, WI ranks 3rd of 14 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.