How much do Sewing Machine Operators make in Arecibo, PR?

Percentile spread

For Sewing Machine Operators, the published 10th percentile is $21,840 and the 90th percentile is $22,550. The difference is $710, which is 3.1% 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 $21,840 to the 75th at $22,550, covers $710.

The mean annual wage is $22,360, which sits below the median of $22,550. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Arecibo, PR median is 38.5% lower than the national median of $36,670 for Sewing Machine Operators.

It is 3.3% higher than the Puerto Rico median of $21,840.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Arecibo, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sewing Machine Operators. Arecibo, PR ranks 1st of 3 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).).

• Mayaguez, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $21,840 and employment of 2,370. That median is 3.1% lower than the median here.
• San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is 48 miles away, with a median of $22,190 and employment of 740. That median is 1.6% lower than the median here.

Employment share

Sewing Machine Operators accounts for 2.9% of wage-and-salary employment in Arecibo, PR (1,010 of 34,720). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (104,880 of 155,495,730). The local share is 43.13 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.