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Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood pay in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL and Longview-Kelso, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood is $38,280 per year in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL. It is $60,100 per year in Longview-Kelso, WA. Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL is 36.3% below Longview-Kelso, WA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-7041 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 80 wage and salary jobs in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL and 180 in Longview-Kelso, WA. 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.