How much do Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD?

Percentile spread

For Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $43,780 and the 90th percentile is $63,680. The difference is $19,900, which is 35.0% 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 $51,460 to the 75th at $63,680, covers $12,220.

The mean annual wage is $56,540, which sits below the median of $56,850. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Sioux City, IA-NE-SD median is 10.2% higher 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 $65,758, which is 27.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8.9% higher than the Iowa median of $52,220.

Sioux City, IA-NE-SD covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Iowa, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sioux City, IA-NE-SD is 86.454, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $56,850 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders at $65,758 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 Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 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).).

• Sioux Falls, SD-MN is 76 miles away, with a median of $53,920 and employment of 30. That median is 5.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $59,494, against $65,758 here.
• Omaha, NE-IA is 86 miles away, with a median of $47,030 and employment of 360. That median is 17.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,169, against $65,758 here.
• Lincoln, NE is 120 miles away, with a median of $47,080 and employment of 220. That median is 17.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,408, against $65,758 here.

Employment share

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD (30 of 75,010). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (60,100 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.03 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.