Start with the answer
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders pay in Green Bay, WI and Syracuse, NY
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders is $50,840 per year in Green Bay, WI. It is $82,530 per year in Syracuse, NY. Green Bay, WI is 38.4% below Syracuse, NY on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-9012 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 40 wage and salary jobs in Green Bay, WI and 520 in Syracuse, NY. 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
