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Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders pay in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC and Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders is $46,210 per year in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC. It is $45,680 per year in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC is 1.2% above Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-6061 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 250 wage and salary jobs in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC and 80 in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. 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.