How much do Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

Percentile spread

For Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $34,320 and the 90th percentile is $81,140. The difference is $46,820, which is 97.6% 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 $34,320 to the 75th at $58,120, covers $23,800.

The mean annual wage is $50,030, which sits above the median of $47,950. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median is 7.1% lower than the national median of $51,610 for Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $42,222, which is 18.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.4% lower than the California median of $52,910.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,950 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders at $42,222 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

9 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 8th of 10 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).).

• Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA is 57 miles away, with a median of $48,570 and employment of 150. That median is 1.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,941, against $42,222 here.
• Bakersfield-Delano, CA is 91 miles away, with a median of $47,240 and employment of 220. That median is 1.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,825, against $42,222 here.
• Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA is 110 miles away, with a median of $50,900 and employment of 310. That median is 6.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,784, against $42,222 here.