SOC 51-6062 · Production Occupations · May 2025
How much do Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN is $43,300. The 10th percentile is $28,080 and the 90th percentile is $47,150. Employment was not published.
Median annual wage
$43,300
- 10th percentile
- $28,080
- 25th percentile
- $37,690
- Median
- $43,300
- 75th percentile
- $44,280
- 90th percentile
- $47,150
- Mean
- $40,800
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $28,080 and the 90th percentile is $47,150. The difference is $19,070, which is 44.0% 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 $37,690 to the 75th at $44,280, covers $6,590.
The mean annual wage is $40,800, which sits below the median of $43,300. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN median is 11.7% higher than the national median of $38,760 for Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $45,402, which is 17.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 4.1% higher than the Ohio median of $41,600.
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Ohio, the primary state on the BLS area record.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN is 95.370, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $43,300 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders at $45,402 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN ranks 2nd of 2 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).).
- Columbus, OH is 106 miles away, with a median of $43,680. That median is 0.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $45,753, against $45,402 here.
Highest-paying jobs in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN · Textile Cutting 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 Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN is $43,300. The 10th percentile is $28,080 and the 90th percentile is $47,150.
How does that compare with the national median for Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders?
The local median is 11.7% higher than the national median of $38,760.
What is Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders pay in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN is 95.370, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $43,300 is $45,402. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN compare with nearby metros for Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders?
Columbus, OH is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 106 miles away, at $43,680. Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.