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Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders pay in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO and Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders is $79,800 per year in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO. It is $43,700 per year in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD. Fort Collins-Loveland, CO is 82.6% above Sioux City, IA-NE-SD on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-9111 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 670 wage and salary jobs in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO and 810 in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings