SOC 51-9012 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make in Vallejo, CA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Vallejo, CA is $82,440. The 10th percentile is $44,650 and the 90th percentile is $82,440. Employment is 240.

Median annual wage

$82,440

10th percentile
$44,650
25th percentile
$51,780
Median
$82,440
75th percentile
$82,440
90th percentile
$82,440
Mean
$70,470

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A welder at a bench, 2014. Photograph by Chetan Menaria. Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Percentile spread

For Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $44,650 and the 90th percentile is $82,440. The difference is $37,790, which is 45.8% 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 $51,780 to the 75th at $82,440, covers $30,660.

The mean annual wage is $70,470, which sits below the median of $82,440. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Vallejo, CA median is 59.7% 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 $75,996, which is 47.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 55.8% higher than the California median of $52,910.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Vallejo, CA is 108.479, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $82,440 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders at $75,996 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

14 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Vallejo, CA ranks 1st of 15 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).).

  • Napa, CA is 27 miles away, with a median of $64,000 and employment of 1,400. That median is 22.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,862, against $75,996 here.
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 39 miles away, with a median of $62,320 and employment of 730. That median is 24.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,904, against $75,996 here.
  • Stockton-Lodi, CA is 43 miles away, with a median of $53,940 and employment of 430. That median is 34.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,328, against $75,996 here.

Employment share

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders accounts for 0.17% of wage-and-salary employment in Vallejo, CA (240 of 144,130). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (60,100 of 155,495,730). The local share is 4.31 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 Vallejo, CA · Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still 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 Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make in Vallejo, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Vallejo, CA is $82,440. The 10th percentile is $44,650 and the 90th percentile is $82,440. Employment is 240.

How does that compare with the national median for Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders?

The local median is 59.7% higher than the national median of $51,610.

What is Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders pay in Vallejo, CA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Vallejo, CA is 108.479, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $82,440 is $75,996. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Vallejo, CA compare with nearby metros for Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders?

Napa, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 27 miles away, at $64,000. Vallejo, CA ranks 1st of 15 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.